滅亡
N1めつぼう metsubou
- downfall
- ruin
- collapse
- destruction
nounする verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
灭亡
Examples
- 仮に核戦争が起こったとすれば、人類は滅亡するだろう。If a nuclear war were to break out, mankind would perish.假如发生核战争,人类就会灭亡。
- 核戦争は人類を滅亡させるだろう。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"
}
}