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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

滅めつ亡ぼう

N1
めつぼう metsubou
  1. downfall
  2. ruin
  3. collapse
  4. destruction
nounする verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

灭亡

Examples

  • 仮かりに核かく戦せん争そうが起おこったとすれば、人じん類るいは滅めつ亡ぼうするだろう。
    If a nuclear war were to break out, mankind would perish.
    假如发生核战争,人类就会灭亡。
  • 核かく戦せん争そうは人じん類るいを滅めつ亡ぼうさせるだろう。
    A nuclear war will bring about the destruction of mankind.
    核战争会毁灭人类。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('f8ce45a1e1'); // 滅亡
{
  "id": "f8ce45a1e1",
  "word": "滅亡",
  "reading": "めつぼう",
  "romaji": "metsubou",
  "meanings": [
    "downfall",
    "ruin",
    "collapse",
    "destruction"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "n",
    "vs",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1533030,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "仮に核戦争が起こったとすれば、人類は滅亡するだろう。",
      "furigana": "{仮|かり}に{核戦争|かくせんそう}が{起|お}こったとすれば、{人類|じんるい}は{滅亡|めつぼう}するだろう。",
      "en": "If a nuclear war were to break out, mankind would perish.",
      "tatoeba_id": 226176
    },
    {
      "ja": "核戦争は人類を滅亡させるだろう。",
      "furigana": "{核戦争|かくせんそう}は{人類|じんるい}を{滅亡|めつぼう}させるだろう。",
      "en": "A nuclear war will bring about the destruction of mankind.",
      "tatoeba_id": 184599
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "79e8a33f4dccdcf6cdeb70ceb80baaa49d8623a756ebbeddf774c9435083cb7f",
    "meanings": [
      "灭亡"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "仮に核戦争が起こったとすれば、人類は滅亡するだろう。",
        "zh": "假如发生核战争,人类就会灭亡。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "核戦争は人類を滅亡させるだろう。",
        "zh": "核战争会毁灭人类。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/f8ce45a1e1",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1533030; 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": "afbe18b9310660e2828fcbfb7ececbc4c4569dfdef47c02956ffee94d9511ddb"
  }
}