損そん壊かい

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損壊する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	損そん壊かいする	損そん壊かいしない
Polite	損そん壊かいします	損そん壊かいしません
Past polite	損そん壊かいしました	損そん壊かいしませんでした
Past	損そん壊かいした	損そん壊かいしなかった
Te-form	損そん壊かいして	損そん壊かいしないで
Desire	損そん壊かいしたい	損そん壊かいしたくない
Potential	損そん壊かいできる	損そん壊かいできない
Passive	損そん壊かいされる	損そん壊かいされない
Causative	損そん壊かいさせる	損そん壊かいさせない
Causative passive	損そん壊かいさせられる	損そん壊かいさせられない
Volitional	損そん壊かいしよう
Polite volitional	損そん壊かいしましょう
Imperative	損そん壊かいしろ	損そん壊かいするな
Conditional	損そん壊かいすれば	損そん壊かいしなければ
Tara conditional	損そん壊かいしたら	損そん壊かいしなかったら

Meanings

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

damage; destruction

Refers to physical damage or destruction of objects, structures, or property. Often used in news reports and formal descriptions. Can be used both transitively and intransitively.

地じ震しんで多おおくの建たて物ものが損そん壊かいした。
Many buildings were damaged in the earthquake.
台たい風ふうが家か屋おくを損そん壊かいした。
The typhoon damaged houses.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉が損そん壊かいするfor a thing to be damaged or destroyed
地じ震しんで多おおくの建たて物ものが損そん壊かいした。
Many buildings were damaged in the earthquake.
〈物もの〉を損そん壊かいするto damage or destroy a thing
彼かれは公こう共きょうの設せつ備びを損そん壊かいした罪つみで逮たい捕ほされた。
He was arrested for damaging public property.
損そん壊かいした〈物もの〉a damaged/destroyed thing
損そん壊かいした家か屋おくの撤てっ去きょ作さ業ぎょうが続つづいている。
Work to remove the damaged houses is continuing.

Kanji

損damage, loss, disadvantage
壊demolition, break, destroy

Transitive / intransitive

損壊 can be used both transitively and intransitively, as in 「彼が建物を損壊した」(He damaged the building, transitive) and 「建物が損壊した」(The building was damaged, intransitive).

Related words

破は壊かいN2
破壊 covers destruction of both physical and abstract things (systems, relationships), while 損壊 refers only to physical damage of tangible objects or structures.
損そん傷しょう
損傷 is commonly used for injury to living things or damage to a part of something, whereas 損壊 implies more extensive structural damage or collapse.
破は損そんN1
破損 is a lighter, everyday word for something breaking or getting damaged, while 損壊 is a more formal term used in legal and news contexts for serious structural destruction.

Opposites

修しゅう復ふくN1
修復 means to repair or restore something, the opposite process to 損壊, which means the thing becomes damaged or destroyed.

Don't confuse with

損そん害がいN2
損害 refers to financial loss or damages (often compensable), while 損壊 specifically means physical destruction of an object or structure.

Counted with

件けんN2
損壊 is typically counted with 件 when referring to individual incidents or cases of damage reported in news or legal contexts.

Word family

器き物ぶつ損そん壊かい
property damage (legal term)
死し体たい損そん壊かい
mutilation of a corpse; damaging a dead body

Etymology

Compound of 損 (loss, damage) and 壊 (break, destroy). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally conveys physical damage or destruction.