Vocabulary

What does 没落 (ぼつらく, botsuraku) mean?

没落 (ぼつらく, botsuraku) means downfall, decline, ruin.

Quick facts
Reading	ぼつらく
Romaji	botsuraku
Part of speech	noun, suru verb, intransitive
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)	N1

没落ぼつらく

N1 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonbotsuraku

downfall, decline, ruin

Example sentences

あの名門(めいもん)一家(いっか)は戦後(せんご)急速(きゅうそく)に没落(ぼつらく)した。
That prestigious family fell into rapid decline after the war.
事業(じぎょう)の失敗(しっぱい)が一族(いちぞく)没落(ぼつらく)の原因(げんいん)となった。
The failure of the business became the cause of the family's downfall.