朽きゅう壊かい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

rotting and crumbling

Obsolete term for decay and structural collapse, used for buildings, wood, or other materials. Modern Japanese would more often use 朽ちる, 腐る, or 崩れる.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんに「朽きゅう壊かいしたる家か屋おく」という表ひょう現げんが見みられる。

  In old documents, one can find the expression 'a decayed and crumbling house'.