自滅

じめつ

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Intransitive self-destruction; ruining oneself
2. natural decay; perishing naturally

Kanji

• 自 self. Read as ジ.
• 滅 perish. Read as メツ.

Example sentences

• 今の日本は自滅へのみちを突き進んでいますよね。
  Present-day Japan is going down the route to self destruction, isn't it?

Words containing 自滅

• 政治的自滅 (せいじてきじめつ) political suicide
• 自滅的 (じめつてき) self-destructive

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