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滅びる

亡びる

Reading

Kana: ほろびる
Romaji: horobiru
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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vi
1

to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed

Kanji

Readings: メツ、 ほろ.びる、 ほろ.ぶ、 ほろ.ぼす
Meanings: destroy, ruin, overthrow, perish
Readings: ボウ、 モウ、 な.い、 な.き-、 ほろ.びる、 ほろ.ぶ、 ほろ.ぼす
Meanings: deceased, the late, dying, perish

Example Sentences

(けん)()(もの)(みな)(けん)(ほろ)びる。
➥All who take up the sword will perish by the sword.
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(ほろ)びに(いた)(もん)(おお)きく、その(みち)(ひろ)い。
➥For the gate is wide and the way is easy, that leads to destruction.
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ローマ(じん)自分(じぶん)たちの帝国(ていこく)(ほろ)びることを(のぞ)まなかった。しかしそれは(ほろ)びてしまった。
➥Romans did not want their empire to decline; but it did.
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肉体(にくたい)(ほろ)びるが霊魂(れいこん)不滅(ふめつ)である。
➥A man's body dies, but his soul is immortal.
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それは御子(みこ)(しん)じるものが、(いち)(にん)として(ほろ)びることなく、永遠(えいえん)(いのち)()つためである。
➥That whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
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(わたし)たちは兄弟(きょうだい)として(とも)()きることを()らねばならない。さもなくば、(おろ)(もの)として(とも)(ほろ)びるであろう。
➥We must learn to live together as brothers, or we will perish together as fools.
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