Illustration: A once-inhabited fortified residence stands burned and collapsed above an abandoned castle town. Its gate has fallen inward, the roof of its central hall is gone, and household belongings lie scattered across a courtyard where nobody remains. A broken ceremonial standard rests among the debris.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

滅ほろびる

horobiru

to perish, to be destroyed

This is intransitive; 滅ぼす means to destroy something. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. ローマ人じんは自分じぶんたちの帝国ていこくが滅ほろびることを望のぞまなかった。しかしそれは滅ほろびてしまった。

    Romans did not want their empire to decline; but it did.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 剣けんを取とる者ものは皆剣みなけんで滅ほろびる。

    All who take up the sword will perish by the sword.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 肉体にくたいは滅ほろびるが霊魂れいこんは不滅ふめつである。

    A man’s body dies, but his soul is immortal.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 滅

  • 滅destroy; ruinOnメツKunほろびる・ほろぶ・ほろぼす

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