Kanji

Level: N1 Strokes: 13

滅

Meaning in English

destroy, ruin, overthrow

Readings

Onyomi: メツ Kunyomi: ほろ.びる, ほろ.ぶ, ほろ.ぼす Romaji: metsu / horo.biru, horo.bu, horo.bosu

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滅

Translations in other languages:

Portuguese destruir, arruinar, derrubar

Spanish destruir, arruinar, derrocar

Korean 파괴하다, 망치다, 전복하다

French détruire, ruiner, renverser

Italian distruggere, rovinare, rovesciare

German zerstören, ruinieren, stürzen

Indonesian menghancurkan, merusak, menggulingkan

★ Vietnamese phá hủy, tàn phá, lật đổ

Thai ทำลาย, ทำให้พังพินาศ, โค่นล้ม

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