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荒廃

Reading

Kana: こうはい
Romaji: kouhai
Kana
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Definition

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ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay

Kanji

Readings: コウ、 あら.い、 あら-、 あ.れる、 あ.らす、 -あ.らし、 すさ.む
Meanings: laid waste, rough, rude, wild
Readings: ハイ、 すた.れる、 すた.る
Meanings: abolish, obsolete, cessation, discarding, abandon

Example Sentences

その(しろ)荒廃(こうはい)している。
➥The castle was in disrepair.
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その(くに)戦争(せんそう)荒廃(こうはい)してしまった。
➥The country was wasted by war.
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神戸(こうべ)荒廃(こうはい)は、(わたし)想像(そうぞう)していたとおり(ひど)いものであった。
➥The devastation in Kobe was as terrible as I had imagined.
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戦争(せんそう)でその(くに)荒廃(こうはい)した。
➥The war wasted the country.
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荒廃(こうはい)(あと)()て、(かれ)戦争(せんそう)意味(いみ)十分(じゅうぶん)理解(りかい)した。
➥The sight of the ruins brought home to him the meaning of war.
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荒廃(こうはい)のあとを()ると戦争(せんそう)意味(いみ)(かれ)にはしみじみと(かん)じられた。
➥The sight of the ruins brought home to him the meaning of war.
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