陥没|かんぼつkanbotsu[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbcave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 陥没する（かんぼつする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 陥没します（かんぼつします） |
| Negative (nai) | 陥没しない（かんぼつしない） |
| polite (masen) | 陥没しません（かんぼつしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 陥没せず・陥没せぬ（かんぼつせず・かんぼつせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 陥没した（かんぼつした） |
| polite (mashita) | 陥没しました（かんぼつしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 陥没しなかった（かんぼつしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 陥没しませんでした（かんぼつしませんでした） |
| Te form | 陥没して（かんぼつして） |
| Potential | 陥没できる（かんぼつできる） |
| Passive | 陥没される（かんぼつされる） |
| Causative | 陥没させる（かんぼつさせる） |
| Causative passive | 陥没させられる（かんぼつさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 陥没すれば（かんぼつすれば） |
| tara | 陥没したら（かんぼつしたら） |
| Volitional | 陥没しよう（かんぼつしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 陥没しましょう（かんぼつしましょう） |
| Imperative | 陥没しろ（かんぼつしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym陥落かんらくWrittenWritten/formal prose. Close to 「陥没」 for subsidence, but more often a castle or city falling to an attack, or a drop in rank.
- Related崩落ほうらくWrittenWritten/formal prose: cliffs, tunnels or buildings collapsing and falling; also a sudden market plunge. 「陥没」 is for a surface like the ground caving in.
- Related崩壊ほうかいNeutralNeutral. Buildings falling down, and figuratively organizations or systems breaking down. 「陥没」 covers only a surface sinking or caving in.
- Related崩れくずれNeutralNeutral. Crumbling or falling apart; also a suffix for a faded person, as in 「役者崩れ」. Not limited to a surface caving in.
- Antonym隆起りゅうきWrittenWritten/formal prose. Antonym: ground rising, as from crustal movement; the opposite of the sinking described by 「陥没」.
Use 「陥没」 when a surface such as the ground, a road or bone sinks or caves in. For cliffs or buildings collapsing, 「崩落」 or 「崩壊」 fits better; 「隆起」 is the opposite, ground rising. 「陥落」 often means a city falling; 「崩れ」 also works as a suffix.
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