Word details

根絶

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 根絶.

Dictionary

Entry

根絶んぜつNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #29014
1

eradication; extermination; rooting out; stamping out; getting rid of

Examples
人間の野蛮性は決して根絶できない。
The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

root, radical, head (pimple)

10 strokesFrequency 620JLPT N2Grade 3

On

コン

Kun

-ね

discontinue, sever, cut off, abstain, interrupt, suppress, be beyond, without match, peerless, unparalleled

12 strokesFrequency 784JLPT N2Grade 5

On

ゼツ

Kun

た.えるた.やすた.つ

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