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    3. 破滅

    破滅

    破は滅めつ

    ruin

    KMT8News #19+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab23 strokes

    はめつ

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    ruin, destruction, fall

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    その会かい社しゃは破は滅めつに向むかっている。

    That company is heading towards ruin.

    KMT6Business & Finance
    彼かれの無む謀ぼうな行こう動どうが、家か族ぞく全ぜん員いんを破は滅めつに導みちびいた。

    His reckless actions led his entire family to ruin.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    絶ぜつ望ぼう的てきな状じょう況きょうに直ちょく面めんし、彼かれは破は滅めつの淵ふちに立たたされた。

    Faced with a desperate situation, he was brought to the brink of ruin.

    KMT8Emotions & Psychology
    多おおくの歴れき史し上じょうの帝てい国こくは、内ない部ぶ分ぶん裂れつによって破は滅めつした。

    Many historical empires were destroyed by internal divisions.

    KMT8HistoryPolitics & Law
    権けん力りょくへの執しゅう着ちゃくは、しばしば個こ人じんの破は滅めつを招まねく。

    Obsession with power often leads to an individual's ruin.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    破
    やぶ.る・やぶ.れる・わ.れる…(1)
    rend・rip・tear・break・destroy…(2)
    滅
    ほろ.びる・ほろ.ぶ・ほろ.ぼす…(1)
    destroy・ruin・overthrow・perish
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