滅
滅 — destroy, overthrow, perish, ruin
N1Grade 813 strokesRadical 氵
On'yomi (音読み)
メツ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
ほろ.びる、ほろ.ぶ、ほろ.ぼす
Meanings
destroy, overthrow, perish, ruin
Words containing 滅
隠滅いんめつdestruction (esp. of evidence), spoliation, suppression
壊滅かいめつ(complete) destruction, annihilation, devastation
幻滅げんめつdisillusionment, disillusion, disenchantment
自滅じめつself-destruction, ruining oneself
消滅しょうめつextinction, extinguishment, disappearance
絶滅ぜつめつextinction, extermination
全滅ぜんめつtotal destruction, complete destruction, annihilation
点滅てんめつswitching on and off (of a light), flashing, blinking
破滅はめつruin, destruction, fall
滅多めったthoughtless, reckless, careless
滅茶苦茶めちゃくちゃabsurd, unreasonable, nonsensical
滅亡めつぼうdownfall, ruin, collapse
撲滅ぼくめつeradication, extermination, destruction
滅びるほろびるto go to ruin, to go under, to fall
滅ぼすほろぼすto destroy, to overthrow, to wreck
滅多にめったにrarely, seldom
滅多にめったにrarely (with neg. verb), seldom
絶滅ぜつめつdestruction, extinction
全滅ぜんめつannihilation
滅びるほろびるto be ruined, to perish, to be destroyed
滅ぼすほろぼすto destroy, to overthrow, to ruin
滅亡めつぼうdownfall, collapse, destruction