腐敗 (ふはい, fuhai) Japanese meaning: decomposition | Kotomora

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腐敗する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

decomposition; putrefaction; spoilage

Refers to organic matter rotting or spoiling. Used for food, bodies, and other biological material breaking down.

堕だ落らくN1sense 2
堕落 stresses an individual's moral fall into a degenerate lifestyle, while 腐敗 covers both physical decay and systemic corruption.
汚お職しょくN1sense 2
汚職 names a concrete act of bribery or graft, whereas 腐敗 is the broader, more abstract state of corruption.
退たい廃はいN1sense 2
退廃 describes cultural or moral decadence and decline, while 腐敗 more often implies active corruption or rot, whether physical or institutional.
腐ふ食しょく
腐敗 emphasizes putrefaction and foul-smelling decomposition of organic matter, while 腐食 covers a broader range including chemical corrosion of metals.

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汚お濁だく
腐敗 focuses on decay, rot, or corruption in a biological or moral sense, whereas 汚濁 emphasizes the resulting impurity or defilement.
悪あく徳とく
腐敗 emphasizes the gradual decay or rot of morals within a system or organization, while 悪徳 names the corrupt vice itself.

清せい廉れん sense 2
清廉 describes a person or system that is honest and free of corruption, the direct opposite of 腐敗 in its moral sense.
新しん鮮せんN3sense 1
新鮮 describes food or matter that is fresh and unspoiled, the opposite of 腐敗 in its physical sense of rotting.

腐ふ食しょく sense 1
腐食 refers specifically to the chemical corrosion of metals or materials, while 腐敗 refers to the biological decay of organic matter (or, metaphorically, moral/institutional corruption).
発はっ酵こう
発酵 refers to a controlled, often desirable microbial process (e.g. in food making), while 腐敗 refers to undesirable rotting or putrefaction of the same kind of organic matter.
腐ふ心しん
腐敗 means decay or corruption (of food, morals, organizations), while 腐心 uses the same 腐 kanji metaphorically to mean racking one's brains, not literal rotting.

Compound of 腐 (くさる, 'to rot') and 敗 (やぶれる, 'to break down, be defeated'). The combination conveys the idea of breaking down through rot or decay.