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Japanese word definition and usage
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滅ぼす, 亡ぼすJLPT 1
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Kana Readingほろぼす
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Romajihorobosu
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `su` ending, transitive verb
- Meaning
- to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
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Example Sentences
滅ぼす, 亡ぼす, ほろぼす used in context
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Drinking was his ruin.
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His actions damned him.
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Many animals have been destroyed by men.
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人民の、人民による、人民のための政治をこの世から滅ぼしてはならない。
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
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人間はあまりにも野心的になりすぎると、自分を滅ぼしてしまうことになる。
Man may well, in his attempt to be too ambitious, destroy himself.
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Give a thief enough rope and he'll hang himself.
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Kanji found in this word
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
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