絶ぜつ滅めつ

ぜつめつ zetsumetsu

destruction
extinction

nounする verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

灭绝

Examples

Furigana

絶ぜつ滅めつは進しん化かの一いち部ぶである。
Extinction is part of evolution.
灭绝是进化的一部分。
Tatoeba #141928
さまざまな種しゅ類るいの生せい物ぶつが絶ぜつ滅めつしつつある。
Many forms of life are disappearing.
各种生物正在灭绝。
Tatoeba #216744

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('2848d83eb7'); // 絶滅

{
  "id": "2848d83eb7",
  "word": "絶滅",
  "reading": "ぜつめつ",
  "romaji": "zetsumetsu",
  "meanings": [
    "destruction",
    "extinction"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "n",
    "vs",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1386990,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "絶滅は進化の一部である。",
      "furigana": "{絶滅|ぜつめつ}は{進化|しんか}の{一部|いちぶ}である。",
      "en": "Extinction is part of evolution.",
      "tatoeba_id": 141928
    },
    {
      "ja": "さまざまな種類の生物が絶滅しつつある。",
      "furigana": "さまざまな{種類|しゅるい}の{生物|せいぶつ}が{絶滅|ぜつめつ}しつつある。",
      "en": "Many forms of life are disappearing.",
      "tatoeba_id": 216744
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "f5c59933fae67cac72f2384ad569c99b293dd94fb725654d7809cb68904ae171",
    "meanings": [
      "灭绝"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "絶滅は進化の一部である。",
        "zh": "灭绝是进化的一部分。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "さまざまな種類の生物が絶滅しつつある。",
        "zh": "各种生物正在灭绝。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/2848d83eb7",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1386990; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "22abafd87b0ac170caad7294f1fa4f6a4ab053b157b6285cc149165b214f2e01",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}