How do you say "to ruin" in Japanese?

To ruin in Japanese is ぶっ潰す (buttsubusu) — to smash (violently), to crush; to ruin (a plan, company, etc.), to wreck, to destroy, to bring down.

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“To ruin” in Japanese

Short answer

ぶっ潰す buttsubusu ぶっつぶす

To ruin in Japanese is “ぶっ潰す” (buttsubusu). Full meaning: to smash (violently), to crush; to ruin (a plan, company, etc.), to wreck, to destroy, to bring down.

Other ways to say “To ruin” in Japanese

打ち壊す uchikowasu to destroy, to break (by striking), to smash (to pieces), to knock down; to ruin (e.g. a plan), to wreck, to do away with (an old custom, ideology, etc.), to overthrow (a system), to dismantle ぶっ壊す bukkowasu to destroy, to break (by striking), to smash (to pieces), to knock down; to ruin (e.g. a plan), to wreck, to do away with (an old custom, ideology, etc.), to overthrow (a system), to dismantle ぶち壊す buchikowasu to destroy, to break (by striking), to smash (to pieces), to knock down; to ruin (e.g. a plan), to wreck, to do away with (an old custom, ideology, etc.), to overthrow (a system), to dismantle 滅ぼす horobosu to destroy, to overthrow, to wreck, to ruin 壊す kowasu to break, to destroy, to demolish; to wreck, to ruin, to spoil, to damage; to break (a bill, etc.) 蝕む mushibamu to be worm-eaten, to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely, to spoil, to ruin, to undermine, to gnaw at (one's heart, body, etc.), to eat into, to destroy 台無しにする dainashinisuru to spoil, to ruin, to destroy, to make a mess of 損なう zokonau to harm, to hurt, to injure, to damage, to spoil, to mar, to ruin; to fail to do, to do amiss, to miss one's opportunity to do; to almost do, to come close to doing 傾ける katamukeru to incline, to lean, to tip, to tilt, to slant, to bend, to list; to devote oneself to, to concentrate on, to pour one's energy into; to ruin, to squander, to empty 撃ち壊す uchikowasu to destroy, to break (by striking), to smash (to pieces), to knock down; to ruin (e.g. a plan), to wreck, to do away with (an old custom, ideology, etc.), to overthrow (a system), to dismantle ぶち毀す buchikowasu to destroy, to break (by striking), to smash (to pieces), to knock down; to ruin (e.g. a plan), to wreck, to do away with (an old custom, ideology, etc.), to overthrow (a system), to dismantle

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