Common word› Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 陥没する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 陥かん 没ぼつ する 陥かん 没ぼつ しない Polite 陥かん 没ぼつ します 陥かん 没ぼつ しません Past polite 陥かん 没ぼつ しました 陥かん 没ぼつ しませんでした Past 陥かん 没ぼつ した 陥かん 没ぼつ しなかった Te-form 陥かん 没ぼつ して 陥かん 没ぼつ しないで Desire 陥かん 没ぼつ したい 陥かん 没ぼつ したくない Potential 陥かん 没ぼつ できる 陥かん 没ぼつ できない Passive 陥かん 没ぼつ される 陥かん 没ぼつ されない Causative 陥かん 没ぼつ させる 陥かん 没ぼつ させない Causative passive 陥かん 没ぼつ させられる 陥かん 没ぼつ させられない Volitional 陥かん 没ぼつ しよう Polite volitional 陥かん 没ぼつ しましょう Imperative 陥かん 没ぼつ しろ 陥かん 没ぼつ するな Conditional 陥かん 没ぼつ すれば 陥かん 没ぼつ しなければ Tara conditional 陥かん 没ぼつ したら 陥かん 没ぼつ しなかったら
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 が 陥かん 没ぼつ する for a place (road, ground) to cave in or subside
After the heavy rain, the road suddenly caved in.
陥かん 没ぼつ を 起お こす to cause a cave-in/subsidence
An underground cavity caused a sinkhole.
〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 が 陥かん 没ぼつ する （ 骨こっ 折せつ ） for a bone (e.g. skull) to be crushed inward
When he fell, his skull was crushed inward.
Kanji 陥 collapse, fall into, cave in Related words 崩壊 is the broad term for a structure, system, or organization collapsing, while 陥没 specifically describes a surface sinking or caving inward.
沈下 usually describes gradual settling or sinking of ground or buildings, whereas 陥没 often implies a sudden, localized cave-in.
崩落 emphasizes a mass of earth or rock falling away (like a cliff or slope), while 陥没 emphasizes a surface sinking inward without necessarily falling apart.
陥没 describes a larger-scale caving-in or subsidence (e.g. of a road or the ground), while 凹み is the general word for any dent or hollow, big or small.
陥没 refers narrowly to a sinkhole or depression forming in the ground, while 陥落 is the broader term that also covers structural collapse and non-physical 'falls'.
Opposites 隆起 means the ground rising or bulging upward, the opposite of 陥没 , which is the ground sinking or caving inward.
陥没 describes a surface caving in or sinking, the physical opposite of 突出 's outward jutting or bulging.
陥没 describes a sunken or caved-in depression, the technical opposite of 突起 's outward-projecting bump.
Word family lake formed in a volcanic caldera
inverted nipple; retracted nipple
inverted nipple; retracted nipple
retractive breathing
depressed fracture
Etymology Compound of 陥 (kan, 'fall into' or 'cave in') and 没 (botsu, 'sink' or 'submerge'). The combination conveys the idea of sinking or collapsing inward.
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