廃墟

はいきょ

ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains

What does 廃墟 mean?

廃墟 is a Japanese noun meaning ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains in English. It is written as 廃墟 in kanji, はいきょ in hiragana, and haikyo in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.

Example sentence

その塔は廃墟の中に立っていた。

The tower stood amid the ruins.