破綻
はたん
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up
Common word
Meanings
Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
Rare and archaic meanings (1)
- tear (in clothing, etc.); rip; splitArchaic
Example sentences
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Lend your money and lose your friend.
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Their marriage broke up last year.
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His professional career was bankrupt.
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The nation's finances are bankrupt because of the war.
このプロジェクトは破綻に向かうだろう。
This project is on a path to failure.
More examples (6)
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They broke up after 7 years of marriage.
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Because he was unemployed, their wedlock failed.
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Because he was unemployed, their wedlock failed.
聞いたところによると彼らの結婚は破綻をきたしているらしいよ。
From what I've heard, their marriage is on the rocks.
日本の官僚達は国家が破綻するまで天下りを続けて税金をむさぼる国賊に過ぎない！
Japanese bureaucrats are nothing but traitors to the country who covet our tax money and will continue the practice of amakudari until the country is bankrupt.
特に約２０年前から、高福祉政策が経済的破綻につながったとされる北欧諸国が示すように、福祉の充実と国際競争力維持の両立は困難なものであると言える。
Especially over the last 20 years, the purported link between progressive welfare policies and economic failure in the Northern European countries seems to point to the difficulty of sustaining both full social welfare and international competitivity.