没落

ぼつらく

ruin; fall; collapse; downfall

JLPT N1 Common word Also written 沒落

Meanings

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy

Example sentences

欲よくの深ふかさが彼かれを没落ぼつらくさせた。

His greed brought him low.
商売しょうばいでそんな失敗しっぱいをしたらどんな会社かいしゃでも没落ぼつらくする。

Such a business failure would sink any company.
あそこの人ひとは社長しゃちょうの為ために没落ぼつらくしたのではあるまいか。

That fellow over there might be the one who was ruined by the company's president.
彼かれはその経歴けいれきの絶頂ぜっちょうにあった時とき、スキャンダルが起おこって彼かれを没落ぼつらくさせた。

When he was at the acme of his career, a scandal brought about his downfall.