ぼつらく · botsuraku

ruin, downfall

JLPT N1 noun

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Kanji in this word

のはのにたのではまいか。
Asoko no hito wa shachou no tame ni botsuraku shitano de wa arumai ka.
That fellow over there might be the one who was ruined by the company's president.
はのにた、がてをせた。
Kare wa sono keireki no zetchou ni atta toki, sukyandaru ga okotte kare o botsuraku saseta.
When he was at the acme of his career, a scandal brought about his downfall.

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