滅 meaning'destroy, ruin, overthrow, perish'
 onyomiメツ
 kunyomiほろ.びる, ほろ.ぶ, ほろ.ぼす
termpronunciationEnglish
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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