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Meaning of 破滅 in Japanese
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破滅
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Kana Readingはめつ
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Romajihametsu
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
- Meaning
- ruin; destruction; fall
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Examples of 破滅, はめつ in a sentence
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When the flatterer pipes, then the devil dances.
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I can't see her ruin her whole life.
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彼を破滅させたのは彼の病気というよりも、むしろ彼の怠惰である。
It is not his illness that ruined him so much as his idleness.
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It was gambling that brought about him ruin.
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It was gambling that brought about his ruin.
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I hear his business is on the verge of ruin.
Related Kanji
滅
JLPT 1
13 strokes
destroy, ruin, overthrow, perish
On'Yomi: メツ
Kun'Yomi: ほろ.びる, ほろ.ぶ, ほろ.ぼす
破
JLPT 3
10 strokes
rend, rip, tear, break, destroy, defeat, frustrate
On'Yomi: ハ
Kun'Yomi: やぶ.る, やぶ.れる