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VocabJLPT N1

Bankruptcy

NounSuru VerbIntransitive Verb

Definitions

1. (corporate) bankruptcy
2. insolvency
3. Bankruptcy

This noun refers to bankruptcy or business failure, specifically when a company becomes unable to pay its debts and collapses financially. It is used in business and economic news contexts and can also function as a verb meaning to go bankrupt.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

What do you think caused that company to go bankrupt?

Sentence 2

If you borrow at that interest rate, you're basically on a fast track to bankruptcy, aren't you?

Sentence 3

With a weak business plan, you'll go bankrupt within a few years.

Sentence 4

"Let me know if you go under," he said with a laugh.

Sentence 5

She talked about how the bankruptcy tore her family apart.