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    3. 滅びる

    滅びる

    滅ほろび​る​

    to go to ruin

    N1KMT10News #32+1CoreVerb, IntransitiveHistoryKanji Vocab17 strokes

    亡びる

    ほろびる

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to go to ruin, to go under, to fall, to be destroyed, to die out, to become extinct, to perish

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    その古こ代だい文ぶん明めいは滅ほろびた。

    That ancient civilization perished.

    KMT7History
    戦せん争そうによって多おおくの国くにが滅ほろびた歴れき史しがある。

    There is a history where many countries were destroyed by war.

    KMT9HistoryPolitics & LawMilitary
    恐きょう竜りゅうは数すう百ひゃく万まん年ねん前まえに滅ほろびたと考かんがえられている。

    Dinosaurs are thought to have died out millions of years ago.

    KMT10HistoryScience & MathAnimals
    環かん境きょう破は壊かいが進すすめば、多おおくの種しゅが滅ほろびるだろう。

    If environmental destruction progresses, many species will become extinct.

    KMT10Nature & EnvironmentScience & Math
    伝でん説せつによると、その王おう国こくは一いち夜やにして滅ほろびたという。

    According to legend, that kingdom perished overnight.

    KMT10HistoryCulture & Traditions

    Characters that make up this word

    滅
    ほろ.びる・ほろ.ぶ・ほろ.ぼす…(1)
    destroy・ruin・overthrow・perish
    Kanji
    び
    bi
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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