"滅びる" meaning in Japanese

See 滅びる in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [ho̞ɾo̞bʲiɾɯ̟]
Etymology: From Classical Japanese verb 滅(ほろ)ぶ (horobu). Development Natural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 上二段活用 (kami nidan katsuyō, “upper bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō, “upper monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -iru. Etymology templates: {{ja-r|滅ぶ|ほろぶ}} 滅(ほろ)ぶ (horobu) Head templates: {{ja-verb|ほろびる|tr=intrans|type=2}} 滅(ほろ)びる • (horobiru) intransitive ichidan (stem 滅(ほろ)び (horobi), past 滅(ほろ)びた (horobita)) Forms: 滅びる [canonical] (ruby: (ほろ)), horobiru [romanization], 滅び [stem] (ruby: (ほろ)), 滅びた [past] (ruby: (ほろ)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 滅び [error-unrecognized-form], ほろび [error-unrecognized-form], horobi [error-unrecognized-form], 滅びる [error-unrecognized-form], ほろびる [error-unrecognized-form], horobiru [error-unrecognized-form], 滅びれ [error-unrecognized-form], ほろびれ [error-unrecognized-form], horobire [error-unrecognized-form], 滅びよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 滅びろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], ほろびよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], ほろびろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], horobiyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], horobiro [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 滅びられる [passive], ほろびられる [passive], horobirareru [passive], 滅びさせる [causative], 滅びさす [causative], ほろびさせる [causative], ほろびさす [causative], horobisaseru [causative], horobisasu [causative], 滅びられる [potential], 滅びれる [colloquial, potential], ほろびられる [potential], ほろびれる [colloquial, potential], horobirareru [potential], horobireru [colloquial, potential], 滅びよう [volitional], ほろびよう [volitional], horobiyō [volitional], 滅びない [negative], 滅びぬ [negative], 滅びん [negative], ほろびない [negative], ほろびぬ [negative], ほろびん [negative], horobinai [negative], horobinu [negative], horobin [negative], 滅びず [continuative, negative], ほろびず [continuative, negative], horobizu [continuative, negative], 滅びます [formal], ほろびます [formal], horobimasu [formal], 滅びた [perfective], ほろびた [perfective], horobita [perfective], 滅びて [conjunctive], ほろびて [conjunctive], horobite [conjunctive], 滅びれば [conditional, hypothetical], ほろびれば [conditional, hypothetical], horobireba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to die, to fall, to collapse, to perish
    Sense id: en-滅びる-ja-verb-ZBDeaVn6
  2. to die out; to become extinct Synonyms (die out): 死に絶える (shinitaeru) (ruby: (), ())
    Sense id: en-滅びる-ja-verb-wtHGymsY Categories (other): Chinese terms with non-redundant manual script codes, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 8 92 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 15 85 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 15 85 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 34 66 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82 Disambiguation of 'die out': 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 滅ぶ (horobu) (ruby: (ほろ)) Related terms: 死ぬ (shinu) (ruby: ()) (english: especially of life, figuratively intangible matters), 消える (kieru) (ruby: ()) (english: especially of fire, figuratively intangible matters)

Alternative forms

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "rise",
      "roman": "okoru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "興",
          "おこ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "興る"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "滅ぶ",
        "2": "ほろぶ"
      },
      "expansion": "滅(ほろ)ぶ (horobu)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Classical Japanese verb 滅(ほろ)ぶ (horobu).\nDevelopment\nNatural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 上二段活用 (kami nidan katsuyō, “upper bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō, “upper monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -iru.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "滅びる",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "滅",
          "ほろ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horobiru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅び",
      "roman": "horobi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "滅",
          "ほろ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅びた",
      "roman": "horobita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "滅",
          "ほろ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-ichi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅び",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほろび",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horobi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅びる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほろびる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horobiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅びれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほろびれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horobire",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅びよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅びろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほろびよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほろびろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horobiyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horobiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅びられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほろびられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horobirareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅びさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅びさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほろびさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほろびさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horobisaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horobisasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅びられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅びれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほろびられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほろびれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horobirareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horobireru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅びよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほろびよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horobiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅びない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅びぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅びん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほろびない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほろびぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほろびん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horobinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horobinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horobin",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅びず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほろびず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horobizu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅びます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほろびます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horobimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅びた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほろびた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horobita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅びて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほろびて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horobite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅びれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほろびれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horobireba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ほろびる",
        "tr": "intrans",
        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "滅(ほろ)びる • (horobiru) intransitive ichidan (stem 滅(ほろ)び (horobi), past 滅(ほろ)びた (horobita))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "especially of life, figuratively intangible matters",
      "roman": "shinu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "死",
          "し"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "死ぬ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "especially of fire, figuratively intangible matters",
      "roman": "kieru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "消",
          "き"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "消える"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Laputa never dies, it will be reborn many times.",
          "ref": "\"Laputa : Castle in the Sky\", 1986",
          "roman": "Rapyuta wa horobi nu, nando demo yomigaeru sa.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "滅",
              "ほろ"
            ],
            [
              "何",
              "なん"
            ],
            [
              "度",
              "ど"
            ],
            [
              "甦",
              "よみがえ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ラピュタは滅びぬ、何度でも甦るさ。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to die, to fall, to collapse, to perish"
      ],
      "id": "en-滅びる-ja-verb-ZBDeaVn6",
      "links": [
        [
          "die",
          "die"
        ],
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ],
        [
          "collapse",
          "collapse"
        ],
        [
          "perish",
          "perish"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese terms with non-redundant manual script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 85",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 85",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 62",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 82",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This species of animal has already become extinct tens of thousands of years ago.",
          "ref": "2007, 新時代日漢辭典/新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局/大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:",
          "roman": "Kono shu no dōbutsu wa sū man nen hodo mae sudeni horobite shimatta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "種",
              "しゅ"
            ],
            [
              "動",
              "どう"
            ],
            [
              "物",
              "ぶつ"
            ],
            [
              "数",
              "すう"
            ],
            [
              "万",
              "まん"
            ],
            [
              "年",
              "ねん"
            ],
            [
              "前",
              "まえ"
            ],
            [
              "既",
              "すで"
            ],
            [
              "滅",
              "ほろ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "この種の動物は数万年ほど前既に滅びてしまった。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to die out; to become extinct"
      ],
      "id": "en-滅びる-ja-verb-wtHGymsY",
      "links": [
        [
          "die out",
          "die out"
        ],
        [
          "extinct",
          "extinct"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "roman": "shinitaeru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "死",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "絶",
              "た"
            ]
          ],
          "sense": "die out",
          "word": "死に絶える"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ほろびる"
    },
    {
      "other": "ほろびる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ho̞ɾo̞bʲiɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "horobu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "滅",
          "ほろ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "滅ぶ"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Classical Japanese"
  ],
  "word": "滅びる"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "rise",
      "roman": "okoru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "興",
          "おこ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "興る"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese ichidan verbs",
    "Japanese intransitive verbs",
    "Japanese kami ichidan verbs",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "滅ぶ",
        "2": "ほろぶ"
      },
      "expansion": "滅(ほろ)ぶ (horobu)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Classical Japanese verb 滅(ほろ)ぶ (horobu).\nDevelopment\nNatural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 上二段活用 (kami nidan katsuyō, “upper bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō, “upper monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -iru.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "滅びる",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "滅",
          "ほろ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horobiru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅び",
      "roman": "horobi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "滅",
          "ほろ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅びた",
      "roman": "horobita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "滅",
          "ほろ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-ichi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅び",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほろび",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horobi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅びる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほろびる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horobiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅びれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほろびれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horobire",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅びよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅びろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほろびよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほろびろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horobiyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horobiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅びられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほろびられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horobirareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅びさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅びさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほろびさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほろびさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horobisaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horobisasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅びられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅びれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほろびられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほろびれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horobirareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horobireru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅びよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほろびよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horobiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅びない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅びぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅びん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほろびない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほろびぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほろびん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horobinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horobinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horobin",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅びず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほろびず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horobizu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅びます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほろびます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horobimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅びた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほろびた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horobita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅びて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほろびて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horobite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅びれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほろびれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horobireba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ほろびる",
        "tr": "intrans",
        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "滅(ほろ)びる • (horobiru) intransitive ichidan (stem 滅(ほろ)び (horobi), past 滅(ほろ)びた (horobita))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "especially of life, figuratively intangible matters",
      "roman": "shinu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "死",
          "し"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "死ぬ"
    },
    {
      "english": "especially of fire, figuratively intangible matters",
      "roman": "kieru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "消",
          "き"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "消える"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Laputa never dies, it will be reborn many times.",
          "ref": "\"Laputa : Castle in the Sky\", 1986",
          "roman": "Rapyuta wa horobi nu, nando demo yomigaeru sa.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "滅",
              "ほろ"
            ],
            [
              "何",
              "なん"
            ],
            [
              "度",
              "ど"
            ],
            [
              "甦",
              "よみがえ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ラピュタは滅びぬ、何度でも甦るさ。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to die, to fall, to collapse, to perish"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "die",
          "die"
        ],
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ],
        [
          "collapse",
          "collapse"
        ],
        [
          "perish",
          "perish"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese terms with non-redundant manual script codes",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This species of animal has already become extinct tens of thousands of years ago.",
          "ref": "2007, 新時代日漢辭典/新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局/大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:",
          "roman": "Kono shu no dōbutsu wa sū man nen hodo mae sudeni horobite shimatta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "種",
              "しゅ"
            ],
            [
              "動",
              "どう"
            ],
            [
              "物",
              "ぶつ"
            ],
            [
              "数",
              "すう"
            ],
            [
              "万",
              "まん"
            ],
            [
              "年",
              "ねん"
            ],
            [
              "前",
              "まえ"
            ],
            [
              "既",
              "すで"
            ],
            [
              "滅",
              "ほろ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "この種の動物は数万年ほど前既に滅びてしまった。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to die out; to become extinct"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "die out",
          "die out"
        ],
        [
          "extinct",
          "extinct"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ほろびる"
    },
    {
      "other": "ほろびる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ho̞ɾo̞bʲiɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "horobu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "滅",
          "ほろ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "滅ぶ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shinitaeru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "死",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "絶",
          "た"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "die out",
      "word": "死に絶える"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Classical Japanese"
  ],
  "word": "滅びる"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 滅びる meaning in Japanese (8.4kB)

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