没落 (Botsuraku) is a Japanese noun meaning “ruin, fall, collapse, downfall”.
Meanings
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
Examples
欲の深さが彼を没落させた。
His greed brought him low.
商売でそんな失敗をしたらどんな会社でも没落する。
Such a business failure would sink any company.
彼はその経歴の絶頂にあった時、スキャンダルが起こって彼を没落させた。
When he was at the acme of his career, a scandal brought about his downfall.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).