無(な)くす, 亡(な)くす, 失(しつ), なくす

nakusu

JLPT 5

Godan verb with `su` ending transitive verb
  • to lose something
  • to get rid of
  • to lose someone (wife, child, etc.)

亡(な)くなる, なくなる

nakunaru

JLPT 4

Godan verb with `ru` ending intransitive verb
  • to die

滅(ほろ)びる, 亡(ほろ)びる, ほろびる

horobiru

JLPT 1

Ichidan verb intransitive verb
  • to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed

滅亡(めつぼう), めつぼう

metsubō

JLPT 1

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
  • downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction

滅(ほろ)ぼす, 亡(ほろ)ぼす, ほろぼす

horobosu

JLPT 1

Godan verb with `su` ending transitive verb
  • to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin

亡命(ぼうめい), ぼうめい

bōmei

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
  • flight from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee

亡霊(ぼうれい), ぼうれい

bōrei

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • ghost; the dead; departed spirits; apparition

亡父(ぼうふ), ぼうふ

bōfu

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • my deceased father; my late father

亡夫, ぼうふ

bōfu

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • my deceased husband; my late husband

興亡(こうぼう), こうぼう

kōbō

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • rise and fall; ups and downs

亡(な)き, なきあと

nakiato

adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi) noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
  • after one's death

滅(ほろ)ぶ, 亡(ほろ)ぶ, ほろぶ

horobu

Godan verb with `bu` ending
  • to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed

亡者(もうじゃ), もうじゃ

mōja

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • the dead

亡国(ぼうこく), ぼうこく

bōkoku

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • ruined country

隠亡(おんぼう), 隠坊(おんぼう), 御坊(ごぼう), おんぼう

onbō

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • cemetery guard
  • crematorium worker

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