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滅 kanji
destroy, ruin, overthrow, perish
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
メツ
Kun readings
ほろびるほろぶほろぼす
Words with 滅
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —滅茶extremely; very; really; super; so
- —滅諦truth of the cessation of suffering
- —滅道truths of the cessation of suffering and of the way to the cessation of suffering
- —滅罪expiation
- —挫滅crushing (injury)
- —滅失destruction; ruination
- —討滅destroying; annihilating; eradicating
- —尽滅annihilation
- —燼滅completely destroying (esp. by fire); burning to ashes; becoming extinct; disappearing
- —滅すto be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
- —誅滅eradication of sinful people; smiting of the wicked
- —滅紫dark purple; deep purple
- —鬼滅Demon Slayer (abbr)
- —点滅器switch (for a light); flasher unit
- —盲滅法reckless; blind; without knowing; at random
- —絶滅種extinct species
- —壊滅的devastating; catastrophic; crushing
- —仏滅日very unlucky day (according to old almanacs)
- —滅するto be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
- —対消滅annihilation (of particle and anti-particle)