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“Breakdown” in Japanese

Short answer
決裂 ketsuretsu けつれつ

Breakdown in Japanese is “決裂” (ketsuretsu). Full meaning: breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.), breaking off, rupture.

Other ways to say “Breakdown” in Japanese

内訳 uchiwake itemization (of expenses), the items, breakdown, classification トラブル toraburu trouble, difficulty, problem, quarrel, conflict, dispute, fight; failure (of an engine, machine, computer, etc.), breakdown, malfunction; (medical) condition, disorder, problem ブレイクダウン bureikudaun breakdown 破綻 hatan failure, collapse, breakdown, break-up, bankruptcy 破裂 haretsu bursting, rupture, explosion; breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.), breaking off 故障 koshou fault, trouble, breakdown, failure, being out of order; damage (to a part of the body), injury, hurt; problem, hitch, obstacle, hindrance 衰弱 suijaku weakness, debility, breakdown, prostration はたん hatan failure, collapse, breakdown, break-up, bankruptcy とらぶる toraburu trouble, difficulty, problem, quarrel, conflict, dispute, fight; failure (of an engine, machine, computer, etc.), breakdown, malfunction; (medical) condition, disorder, problem トラブる toraburu trouble, difficulty, problem, quarrel, conflict, dispute, fight; failure (of an engine, machine, computer, etc.), breakdown, malfunction; (medical) condition, disorder, problem 不調 fuchou bad condition, poor condition, disorder, slump, being out of form; failure, rupture, breakdown (e.g. of negotiations)

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