- to be crushed; to be smashed; to be broken; to collapse
- to become useless; to cease functioning; to be wasted (e.g. time)
- to go bankrupt; to go out of business; to fail
Ichidan verb; intransitive verb
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The people here are particular about what they eat, so even if a restaurant is inexpensive, it'll soon go out of business if the food doesn't taste good.
"What was the name of that space theme park in Kyushu?" "Oh, you mean Space World." "Yeah, what happened to it?" "It went out of business a few years ago."
"Huh, didn't the bakery store use to be here?" "Oh, it went bankrupt a while ago." "Really? When did that happen?" "I think it was about half a year ago."