| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| 崩壊 | ほうかい | collapse, crumbling, breaking down, caving in; decay (physics) |
| 崩れる | くずれる | to collapse, to crumble |
| 崩れ | くずれ | crumbling, collapse, ruin |
| 崩し書き | くずしがき | cursive style of writing or calligraphy |
| 雪崩 | なだれ | avalanche |
| 崩落 | ほうらく | collapse, break, cave-in, crash, (market) decline |
| 値崩れ | ねくずれ | price collapse |
| 崩す | くずす | to destroy, to pull down, to make change (money) |
| 取り崩す | とりくずす | to demolish, to take away until nothing remains |
| 切り崩す | きりくずす | to level (earth), to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition), to break (strike) |