滅ほろぼす

ほろぼす horobosu

to destroy
to overthrow
to wreck
to ruin

godan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

毁灭

Examples

Furigana

核かく兵へい器きはわが地ち球きゅうを滅ほろぼすと思おもう。
We think nuclear weapons will destroy our earth.
我认为核武器会毁灭地球。
Tatoeba #184597
多おおくの動どう物ぶつが人にん間げんによって滅ほろぼされた。
Many animals have been destroyed by men.
许多动物被人类消灭了。
Tatoeba #138310

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('eaf04b47de'); // 滅ぼす

{
  "id": "eaf04b47de",
  "word": "滅ぼす",
  "reading": "ほろぼす",
  "romaji": "horobosu",
  "meanings": [
    "to destroy",
    "to overthrow",
    "to wreck",
    "to ruin"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "v5s",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1603620,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "核兵器はわが地球を滅ぼすと思う。",
      "furigana": "{核兵器|かくへいき}はわが{地球|ちきゅう}を{滅|ほろ}ぼすと{思|おも}う。",
      "en": "We think nuclear weapons will destroy our earth.",
      "tatoeba_id": 184597
    },
    {
      "ja": "多くの動物が人間によって滅ぼされた。",
      "furigana": "{多|おお}くの{動物|どうぶつ}が{人間|にんげん}によって{滅|ほろ}ぼされた。",
      "en": "Many animals have been destroyed by men.",
      "tatoeba_id": 138310
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "95ea49b6bc1a7a13e639fc27c327b34e8eac7d673fac45485abff24c877676de",
    "meanings": [
      "毁灭"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "核兵器はわが地球を滅ぼすと思う。",
        "zh": "我认为核武器会毁灭地球。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "多くの動物が人間によって滅ぼされた。",
        "zh": "许多动物被人类消灭了。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/eaf04b47de",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1603620; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "5e9c87576a47a1b76bf3b6b425e2d065b7342ff2ceb78780d6c829899179daae"
  }
}