Meaning

Primary

Complete Destruction

Alternative

Total Destruction

Word Type

noun, verbal noun

Explanation

To break it all is to break everything. Everything is broken. Complete destruction!!!

Reading

ぜんかい
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.

Context

Context Sentences

全壊したビルの中から何か出てきました。

Something came out of the completely destroyed building.

マイホームを持っていたんですが、台風で全壊しちゃったんですよ。

I had my own house, but it was completely destroyed by the typhoon.

トルネードで自宅はほぼ全壊ですが、家族はみんな元気です。

Our house was almost totally destroyed by the tornado, but my family is all safe.

この地震で被害を受けた家のうち、全壊家屋は全部で835戸だった。

Among the houses that suffered from this earthquake, the number of completely destructed houses was 835.

Kanji Composition