noun
ruins; remains of a building or town
Refers to the ruined remains of a building, town, facility, or similar place, often after abandonment, disaster, or war. Common in phrases such as 廃墟になる and 廃墟と化す.
戦争で町は廃墟になった。
The town was reduced to ruins by the war.
山の中に古いホテルの廃墟が残っている。
The ruins of an old hotel remain in the mountains.
Means historic or archaeological remains; unlike 廃墟, it often has cultural or historical value.
Specifically an abandoned or ruined house or building; 廃墟 can refer more broadly to ruins of buildings, towns, or facilities.
A broad everyday word for a trace, mark, or site left behind; 廃墟 is more specific and concrete, meaning physical ruins.
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.