Meaning of 取り壊し in Japanese | RomajiDesu Japanese dictionary

Definition of 取り壊し

とりこわし(torikowashi) 【取り壊し ·取壊し ·取り毀し ·取毀し】

(n) demolition; pulling down; destruction; dismantling
もし建物の取り壊しが無制限に行われるなら、美しい町が単なるコンクリート・ジャングルになる危険があるのである。
If the demolition of buildings is uncontrolled, a fine city is in danger of becoming nothing more than a concrete jungle.

彼らかれらは塀へいの一部いちぶを取り壊した。

They broke down part of the wall.

彼らかれらはその古いふるい家いえを取り壊した。

They broke down the old house.

彼らかれらはその格子こうしを取り壊した。

They broke away the bars.

If the demolition of buildings is uncontrolled, a fine city is in danger of becoming nothing more than a concrete jungle.

From time to time, a proposal to pull down a much-loved old building to make room for a new block of flats, raises a storm of angry protest.

Pretty soon they tore down the apartment houses and tenement houses around the Little House started digging big cellars...one on each side.