滅びる
ほろびる
Also written 亡びる
Meanings
- Ichidan verb, Intransitive to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct; to perish
Kanji
- 滅 perish. Read as ほろびる.
Example sentences
- ローマ人は自分たちの帝国が滅びることを望まなかった。しかしそれは滅びてしまった。
Romans did not want their empire to decline; but it did. - 肉体は滅びるが霊魂は不滅である。
A man's body dies, but his soul is immortal.
Common phrases
Related forms
- 滅ぼす (ほろぼす) to destroy (transitive partner)
Words containing 滅びる
- 滅びゆく (ほろびゆく) perishing