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    3. 荒廃

    荒廃

    荒こう廃はい

    ruin

    N1KMT8News #17+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab21 strokes

    こうはい

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    ruin, destruction, devastation, waste, decay

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    戦せん争そうによって町まちは荒こう廃はいした。

    The town was devastated by the war.

    KMT7Nature & EnvironmentMilitary
    長なが年ねん手て入いれされなかった庭にわは荒こう廃はいしていた。

    The garden, neglected for many years, was in ruins.

    KMT8Nature & EnvironmentHome & Housing
    森しん林りんの過か剰じょう伐ばっ採さいが、地ち域いきの生せい態たい系けいを荒こう廃はいさせている。

    Excessive deforestation is devastating the local ecosystem.

    KMT8Nature & Environment
    災さい害がい後ご、その地ち域いきは荒こう廃はいし、復ふっ興こうには長ながい時じ間かんがかかった。

    After the disaster, the area was devastated, and reconstruction took a long time.

    KMT8Nature & EnvironmentDaily Life
    経けい済ざいの低てい迷めいは、人ひと々びとの心こころにも荒こう廃はいをもたらした。

    The economic slump brought desolation to people's hearts as well.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyBusiness & Finance

    Kanji that make up this word

    荒
    あ.らす・あ.れる・あら.い・すさ.ぶ・すさ.む・あ.らし…(2)
    laid waste・rough・rude・wild
    廃
    すた.れる・すた.る…(1)
    abolish・obsolete・cessation・discarding・abandon
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