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絶滅

Reading

Kana: ぜつめつ
Romaji: zetsumetsu
Kana
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Definition

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destruction; extinction

Kanji

Readings: ゼツ、 た.える、 た.やす、 た.つ
Meanings: discontinue, beyond, sever, cut off, abstain, interrupt, suppress
Readings: メツ、 ほろ.びる、 ほろ.ぶ、 ほろ.ぼす
Meanings: destroy, ruin, overthrow, perish

Example Sentences

(ぞう)絶滅(ぜつめつ)する危険(きけん)がある。
➥Elephants are in danger of dying out.
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その(もり)動物達(どうぶつたち)絶滅(ぜつめつ)した。
➥The animals in the forest died off.
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シベリアトラは絶滅(ぜつめつ)危機(きき)(ひん)している。
➥The Siberian Tiger is on the verge of the crisis of extermination.
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絶滅(ぜつめつ)進化(しんか)一部(いちぶ)である。
➥Extinction is part of evolution.
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この(とり)絶滅(ぜつめつ)危機(きき)(ひん)している。
➥This bird is in danger of dying out.
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(けん)()(とら)絶滅(ぜつめつ)したのは氷河(ひょうが)時代(じだい)であった。
➥It was during the ice age that the saber-toothed tiger became extinct.
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