破局|はきょくhakyoku[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- nouncatastrophe; cataclysm
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbcollapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 破局する（はきょくする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 破局します（はきょくします） |
| Negative (nai) | 破局しない（はきょくしない） |
| polite (masen) | 破局しません（はきょくしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 破局せず・破局せぬ（はきょくせず・はきょくせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 破局した（はきょくした） |
| polite (mashita) | 破局しました（はきょくしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 破局しなかった（はきょくしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 破局しませんでした（はきょくしませんでした） |
| Te form | 破局して（はきょくして） |
| Potential | 破局できる（はきょくできる） |
| Passive | 破局される（はきょくされる） |
| Causative | 破局させる（はきょくさせる） |
| Causative passive | 破局させられる（はきょくさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 破局すれば（はきょくすれば） |
| tara | 破局したら（はきょくしたら） |
| Volitional | 破局しよう（はきょくしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 破局しましょう（はきょくしましょう） |
| Imperative | 破局しろ（はきょくしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym破滅はめつNeutralThe utter ruin of a person or an undertaking, as in 「身の破滅」; 「破局」 stresses a situation or relationship reaching a miserable end it can no longer sustain.
- SynonymカタストロフィーWrittenA written-style loanword for a huge catastrophe or tragic ending, stressing violent, dramatic collapse.
- Related壊滅かいめつWrittenA written word for complete destruction or annihilation, stressing an organization or region being devastated; 「破局」 is a situation or relationship collapsing.
- Related災いわざわいNeutralA native Japanese word for calamity or misfortune itself, as in 「口は災いの元」; broader than 「破局」, which is the collapse of a situation or relationship.
- Related災害さいがいNeutralDisasters caused by typhoons, floods, earthquakes, epidemics and the like; it names the disaster itself, while 「破局」 is a situation or relationship collapsing.
- Related惨事さんじNeutralA tragic incident or horrible accident, stressing an event that leaves people dead or injured; 「破局」 is about a situation or relationship falling apart.
- Related災難さいなんNeutralAn unlucky mishap that befalls someone personally; common in speech and centered on the individual's experience rather than a situation or relationship breaking down.
- Related惨禍さんかWrittenA written word for a ghastly calamity, as in 「戦争の惨禍」, stressing its dreadful consequences.
- Related凶変きょうへんWrittenA rare written word for a sudden, ominous event such as an assassination, stressing the inauspicious turn of events.
- Related凶事きょうじWrittenA written word for inauspicious events such as funerals, the opposite of auspicious ones; it never refers to a relationship breaking up.
- Related災禍さいかWrittenA written word for calamity, stressing the harm and damage a disaster brings; 「破局」 is the collapse of a situation or relationship.
- Related災厄さいやくWrittenA written word for calamity that stresses an unlucky doom; more solemn than 「災難」.
- Related厄災やくさいWrittenA written word much like 「災厄」, denoting disaster and misfortune; found mostly in religious and literary texts.
- Antonym円満えんまんNeutralHarmonious and happy, free of discord or problems; the opposite of 「破局」 as the breakup of a relationship.
- Antonym好転こうてんNeutralA situation changing for the better; the opposite of 「破局」, where things head for collapse.
Use 「破局」 when a situation can no longer hold together or a romance or marriage falls apart, as in 「破局を迎える」. For the ruin of a person or career say 「破滅」; for typhoons, earthquakes and the like 「災害」; for personal bad luck 「災難」. The rest are mostly written words, each stressing a particular kind of catastrophe. The opposites are 「円満」 and 「好転」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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