破は綻たん

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

failure; collapse; breakdown; bankruptcy

Used for systems, plans, relationships, finances, or institutions falling apart. Often implies a fundamental breakdown rather than a minor glitch.

• 計けい画かくは資し金きん不ぶ足そくで破は綻たんした。

  The plan collapsed due to lack of funds.

• その銀ぎん行こうは経けい営えい破は綻たんに追おい込こまれた。

  The bank was driven into bankruptcy.

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

tear; rip; split

Archaic use for physical tears in cloth or material. In modern Japanese, 破れ or 裂け目 are more common.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには、衣ころもの破は綻たんを繕つくろう記き述じゅつがある。

  In old documents, there are descriptions of mending tears in clothing.