Vocabulary

荒廃

ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay

noun suru-verb vi
N3 freq #17

Example sentences

The war wasted the country.

The devastation in Kobe was as terrible as I had imagined.

The sight of the ruins brought home to him the meaning of war.

The sight of the ruins brought home to him the meaning of war.

The castle was in disrepair.