総崩れ

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: The spelling is 総崩れ, read そうくずれ, and it combines 総, meaning all or entire, with 崩れ, meaning collapse.
• Basic usage: 総崩れ is a complete collapse in which a team, organization, or plan as a whole falls apart rather than suffering one isolated failure.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• System-wide collapse beyond one failed part
  • Both examples use the form 総崩れ. They emphasize the whole team collapsing after defensive errors or the whole plan collapsing after one miscalculation.
• A second-half team collapse and a plan undone by one error
  • 守備の乱れから後半にチームが総崩れになった。 — Defensive errors caused the team to collapse in the second half.
  • 一つの誤算で計画全体が総崩れとなった。 — One miscalculation caused the entire plan to fall apart.