滅ぶ

ほろぶ

Also written 亡ぶ

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Intransitive to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct; to perish See also: 滅びる (ほろびる).

Kanji

• 滅 perish. Read as ほろぶ.

Example sentences

• 肉体は滅んでいく。
  The flesh is mortal.

Common phrases

• 国が滅ぶ

Words containing 滅ぶ

• 滅びる (ほろびる) to go to ruin
• 滅びゆく (ほろびゆく) perishing

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