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滅亡

Reading

Kana: めつぼう
Romaji: metsubou
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction

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

人類(じんるい)滅亡(めつぼう)するだろう。
➥Man would perish.
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もう一度(いちど)戦争(せんそう)があったら、私達(わたしたち)滅亡(めつぼう)するだろう。
➥Another war, and we will be ruined.
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滅亡(めつぼう)危機(きき)(ひん)した地球(ちきゅう)(まも)ろうと、ある基金(ききん)設立(せつりつ)された。
➥A fund was set up with a view to preserving our endangered planet.
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(かく)戦争(せんそう)人類(じんるい)滅亡(めつぼう)させるだろう。
➥A nuclear war will bring about the destruction of mankind.
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かりに(かく)戦争(せんそう)()こったとすれば、人類(じんるい)滅亡(めつぼう)するだろう。
➥If a nuclear war were to break out, mankind would perish.
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475(ねん)はローマ帝国(ていこく)の「衰退(すいたい)」を(しめ)(とし)ではあっても、「滅亡(めつぼう)」を意味(いみ)する(とし)ではありません。
➥Although 475AD is the year that shows the 'decline' of the Roman Empire, it is not the year of its 'fall'.
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