Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 が 廃はい 墟きょ になる for a place to become ruins
The factory became ruins after the fire.
〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 が 廃はい 墟きょ と 化か す for a place to turn into ruins
The entire town was reduced to ruins by the war.
廃はい 墟きょ を 探たん 索さく する to explore ruins
They explored the ruined hotel.
廃はい 墟きょ をさまよう to wander through ruins
The boy took photos while wandering through the ruins.
Kanji 廃 abolish, obsolete, cessation 虚 void, emptiness, unpreparedness Related words· 7 廃屋 refers specifically to an abandoned or ruined house, while 廃墟 covers ruins of buildings, towns, or facilities more broadly.
遺跡 denotes historic or archaeological remains valued for their cultural heritage, whereas 廃墟 simply means physical ruins, often modern and abandoned.
跡 is a broad, everyday word for a trace or site left behind, while 廃墟 specifically means the concrete ruins of a structure.
残骸 refers to wreckage or debris from something destroyed, while 廃墟 refers to the standing ruined remains of a building or town.
Show 3 more Show fewer 廃墟 refers to ruins or abandoned structures in general (any cause of decay), whereas 焼け跡 specifically means the remains left after a fire.
廃墟 means ruins or a derelict building/site in general, whereas ゴーストタウン specifically denotes an entire abandoned town.
廃墟 is the broader term for any abandoned ruin or building, whereas 廃坑 is used specifically for a disused mine.
Written forms 廃はい 墟きょ Usage 94%
Standard kanji spelling; this form and reading is high-priority.
廃はい 虚きょ Usage 6%
Attested variant spelling, less standard than 廃墟 .
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound read はいきょ . 廃 is associated with abandonment or disuse, and 墟 with ruins or the site of something destroyed; the variant 廃虚 uses 虚 in place of 墟 but refers to the same word.
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