Kanji Details:
- 滅
- Frequency:1222
- Kun: ほろ.びる, ほろ.ぶ, ほろ.ぼす
- On: メツ
- Meaning: destroy, ruin, overthrow, perish
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 絶滅 ぜつめつ destruction, extinction 消滅 しょうめつ lapse, annihilation (physics); extinguishment, termination (e.g. of legal representation) 壊滅 かいめつ destruction, annihilation, devastation, catastrophe 撲滅 ぼくめつ extermination 隠滅 いんめつ destruction, suppression 破滅 はめつ ruin, destruction, fall 自滅 じめつ ruining oneself, destroying oneself 滅亡 めつぼう downfall, ruin, collapse, destruction 滅びる ほろびる to be ruined, to go under, to perish, to be destroyed 不滅 ふめつ immortal, undying, indestructible