Kanji1 / 13
滅 kanji
destroy, ruin, overthrow, perish
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
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Kun readings
ほろびるほろぶほろぼす
Words with 滅
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —絶滅危惧種endangered species
- —滅相もないdon't be absurd; that's out of the question; nonsense; don't mention it
- —挫滅症候群crush syndrome
- —政治的自滅political suicide
- —準絶滅危惧near-threatened (species)
- —絶滅危険種endangered species
- —放射線滅菌radiation sterilization
- —絶滅収容所extermination camp; death camp
- —矢鱈滅多らindiscriminately; blindly; at random; recklessly; thoughtlessly; excessively; profusely
- —消滅危機言語near-extinct language; seriously endangered language
- —大義親を滅すto sacrifice family for a greater cause
- —高圧蒸気滅菌high-pressure steam sterilization; autoclave sterilization
- —消滅可能性都市city at risk of disappearing (because of decreasing population)
- —滅多に見られないrarely seen; uncommon
- —大徳は小怨を滅すgreat virtues extinguish small grudges
- —吸収合併消滅会社absorbed company; merged corporation
- —心頭滅却すれば火もまた涼しif you clear your mind of all worldly thoughts, even fire will feel cool
- —心頭を滅却すれば火もまた涼しif you clear your mind of all worldly thoughts, even fire will feel cool
- —湮滅destruction (esp. of evidence); spoliation; suppression
- —堙滅destruction (esp. of evidence); spoliation; suppression