Word details

破局

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 破局.

Dictionary

Entry

破局きょくNounFreq #24067
1

catastrophe; cataclysm

Examples
そのような情緒と行動の分離に比べれば、破局的結果の方がまだましである。
Even disaster is better than such a divorce between emotion and action.
2

Colloquial; Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb

collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

rend, rip, tear, break, destroy, defeat, frustrate

10 strokesFrequency 590JLPT N2Grade 5

On

Kun

やぶ.るやぶ.れるわ.れる

bureau, board, office, affair, conclusion, court lady, lady-in-waiting, her apartment

7 strokesFrequency 286JLPT N2Grade 3

On

キョク

Kun

つぼね

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