亡国

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 亡国 is read as ぼうこく and is a noun for the fall of a nation or for a country that has already been ruined.
• Basic usage: Use 亡国の王子 for a prince of a fallen country and 亡国を招く for bringing about national ruin.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Country and event
  • One context identifies the prince’s lost homeland, while the other names the destruction caused by reckless conflict.
• Stronger outcome than defeat
  • Unlike 敗戦, which is losing a war, 亡国 reaches the loss of the nation’s continued existence.