Word details

滅びる

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 滅びる.

Dictionary

Entry

滅びる亡びるろびIntransitiveIchidan verbFreq #4883
1

to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct; to perish

Examples
それは御子を信じるものが、一人として滅びることなく、永遠の命を持つためである。
That whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

destroy, ruin, overthrow, perish

13 strokesFrequency 1,222JLPT N1Grade 8

On

メツ

Kun

ほろ.びるほろ.ぶほろ.ぼす

deceased, the late, dying, perish

3 strokesFrequency 661JLPT N2Grade 6

On

ボウモウ

Kun

な.いな.き-ほろ.びるほろ.ぶほろ.ぼす

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