JLPT N212画 · 12 strokesradical 水
destroy, exterminate, annihilate
On'yomi (音読み)
- メツ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- ほろ.びる
- ほろ.ぼす
Meanings across languages
- English
- destroy, exterminate, annihilate
- Tiếng Việt
- diệt vong, tiêu diệt, hủy diệt
- 日本語
- 滅びる, 滅ぼす
Common compounds
- 滅亡めつぼうdestruction, downfall
- 滅菌めっきんsterilization
- 絶滅ぜつめつextinction
- 滅裂めつれつincoherence, absurdity
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