| 滅 | meaning | 'destroy, ruin, overthrow, perish' |
| onyomi | メツ | |
| kunyomi | ほろ.びる, ほろ.ぶ, ほろ.ぼす |
| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| 滅多に | めったに | rarely (with neg. verb), seldom |
| 絶滅 | ぜつめつ | destruction, extinction |
| 不滅 | ふめつ | immortal, undying, indestructible |
| 壊滅 | かいめつ | destruction, annihilation, devastation, catastrophe |
| 幻滅 | げんめつ | disillusionment |
| 撲滅 | ぼくめつ | extermination |
| 滅びる | ほろびる | to be ruined, to go under, to perish, to be destroyed |
| 滅亡 | めつぼう | downfall, ruin, collapse, destruction |
| 破滅 | はめつ | ruin, destruction, fall |
| 自滅 | じめつ | ruining oneself, destroying oneself |
| 隠滅 | いんめつ | destruction, suppression |
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