破綻

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: Written 破綻 and read はたん, it means collapse of a business or plan and also failure of an explanation to remain logically coherent.
• Basic usage: It appears in financial failure and in contradictions that make a claim untenable.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Operational collapse versus logical inconsistency
  • Context distinguishes an enterprise that cannot continue from reasoning that no longer holds together.