崩れ|くずれkuzure[3]odaka (tail-high)

1. nouncrumbling; collapse; ruin
   岩崩いわくずれに気きをつけて。↗

   Look out for rock slides.
2. noun (suffix)has-been; wannabe

• Synonym崩壊ほうかいWrittenWritten/formal: buildings or organizations breaking down, wholly or in part, as in 「経済崩壊」; 「崩れ」 is a native-Japanese noun used mostly as a suffix, as in 「土砂崩れ」.
• Synonym崩落ほうらくWrittenWritten/formal: rock faces or tunnels caving in and falling, or a sudden market plunge; 「崩れ」 is broader, covering scattered or dishevelled shapes too.
• Related倒壊とうかいWrittenWritten/formal: buildings toppling and caving in, as in 「家屋倒壊」; 「崩れ」 is broader and not limited to buildings.
• Related破滅はめつWrittenWritten/formal: the utter ruin of a life or career, as in 「身の破滅」; 「崩れ」 speaks of shapes or states falling apart, not total destruction.
• Related陥没かんぼつWrittenWritten/formal: ground or road surfaces caving in, as in 「道路陥没」; 「崩れ」 leans more toward crumbling and scattering apart.
• Related没落ぼつらくWrittenWritten/formal: the decline of a family or power, as in 「没落貴族」; 「崩れ」 means collapse or loss of shape, or as a suffix a person fallen low.
• Related凋落ちょうらくWrittenWritten/formal: flowers withering and falling, or powers declining; 「崩れ」 means collapse or loss of shape and does not express flowers or trees withering away.
• Related落魄らくはくWrittenWritten/formal: being down and out, destitute; 「崩れ」 as a suffix can also mean a fallen person, as in 「役者崩れ」, but usually speaks of collapse or lost shape.
• Related零落れいらくWrittenWritten/formal: decline into poverty or the fall of a house; 「崩れ」 mostly describes shapes or states caving in and losing form.
• Related廃滅はいめつWrittenWritten/formal: decaying into ruin and extinction; 「崩れ」 describes shapes or states falling apart and carries no sense of perishing.
• Antonym安定あんていNeutralNeutral: stability and steadiness; stands opposite 「崩れ」 in the contrast between holding firm and caving in.

「崩れ」 covers things crumbling or losing shape and, as a suffix, people fallen low, as in 「土砂崩れ」「化粧崩れ」「役者崩れ」. For buildings or organizations breaking down use 「崩壊」, for buildings toppling 「倒壊」, and for the decline of a family or power 「没落」.

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1. 崩くずれること。
2. 崩くずれた物もの。
3. 集あつまっていた人ひとが解散かいさんすること。
4. 戦たたかいで陣形じんけいが乱みだれること。
5. 相場そうばが急落きゅうらくすること。
6. 騒動そうどう、事件じけん、反乱はんらん。また、キリシタンの弾圧だんあつ。
7. （名詞めいしの下したに付ついて）以前いぜんはそうであったが今いまは堕落だらくしている人ひと。
8. （名詞めいしの下したに付ついて）失敗しっぱいに終おわった戦術せんじゅつ。