- to collapse; to crumble
- to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to become disorganized; to become untidy
- to break down; to be thrown into disarray
- to crash (stock market); to slump; to decline
- to break money into small change
- to turn bad (e.g. weather); to change for the worse; to deteriorate
Ichidan verb; intransitive verb
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At the bus stop, people waited in orderly lines, but as soon as the bus pulled up, the line broke up.
This isn't just a simple defeat: I lost the balance I have maintained for my whole life and now absolutely everything is collapsing.
From his fourth-story apartment, Tom eyed the collapsing river bank next door with an uneasy look on his face.
I'm afraid I don't have anything smaller. Would you be able to break a 10,000 yen note?