Meaning
break · demolition · destroy
On'yomi
エ · カイ
Kun'yomi
こわ.す · こわ.れる · やぶ.る
Common compounds (15)
- 取り壊し とりこわしdemolition; pulling down; destruction; dismantling
- 崩壊 ほうかい(radioactive) decay; disintegration
- 壊滅 かいめつ(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation
- 取り壊す とりこわすto demolish; to tear down; to pull down
- 壊す こわすto break (a bill, etc.)
- 壊れる こわれるto break (down); to stop working
- 破壊 はかい(application) crash
- 倒壊 とうかいdestruction; collapse; crumbling
- 全壊 ぜんかいcomplete destruction
- 決壊 けっかいburst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
- 損壊 そんかいdamage; destruction
- 壊死 えしnecrosis