Meaning of 滅亡(めつぼう) in Japanese

Japanese word definition and usage

Reading and JLPT level 滅亡 JLPT 1

Kana Reading めつぼう

Romaji metsubō

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

Meaning

downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction

Example Sentences

滅亡, めつぼう used in context

滅亡(めつぼう)の危機(きき)に瀕した(ひんする)地球(ちきゅう)を守ろう(まもる)と、ある基金(ききん)が設立(せつりつ)された(される)。

A fund was set up with a view to preserving our endured planet.
人類(じんるい)は滅亡(めつぼう)するだろう。

Man would perish.
核戦争(かくせんそう)は人類(じんるい)を滅亡(めつぼう)させるだろう。

A nuclear war will bring about the destruction of mankind.
４７５年(とし)(とし)(とし)はローマ帝国(ローマていこく)の「衰退(すいたい)」を示す(しめす)年(とし)(とし)(とし)ではあっても、「滅亡(めつぼう)」を意味(いみ)する年(とし)(とし)(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'.
もう一度(もういちど)戦争(せんそう)があったら(ある)、私達(わたしたち)は滅亡(めつぼう)するだろう。

Another war, and we will be ruined.
かりに核戦争(かくせんそう)が起こった(おこる)とすれば、人類(じんるい)は滅亡(めつぼう)するだろう。

If a nuclear war were to break out, mankind would perish.

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Related Kanji

Kanji found in this word

滅 JLPT 1

destroy, ruin, overthrow, perish

On: メツ

Kun: ほろ.びる, ほろ.ぶ, ほろ.ぼす

13 strokes

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亡 JLPT 3

deceased, the late, dying, perish

On: ボウ, モウ

Kun: な.い, な.き-, ほろ.びる, ほろ.ぶ, ほろ.ぼす

3 strokes

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