See also: 破灭

Chinese edit

 
to break; to split; broken
to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out
extinguish
trad. (破滅)
simp. (破灭)

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Verb edit

破滅

  1. (of hope, illusions, etc.) to be shattered; to be annihilated; to be dashed
    所有希望破滅 [MSC, trad.]
    所有希望破灭 [MSC, simp.]
    Suǒyǒu de xīwàng dōu pòmiè le. [Pinyin]
    All hope was lost.

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
めつ
Grade: S
on’yomi

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Noun edit

()(めつ) (hametsu

  1. ruin; destruction
    それでは()(めつ)(みち)をたどるしかない。
    Sore de wa hametsu no michi o tadoru shika nai.
    That only leads to destruction.
    • 2015 February 13, mothy [mothy] (lyrics and music), “七つの罪と罰 [Seven Crimes and Punishments]”‎[1]:
      ()こえてくるのは(もり)(うた)
      いいえそれは()(めつ)(じゅう)(せい)
      Kikoete kuru no wa mori no uta?
      Īe sore wa hametsu no jūsei
      Is it the song of the forest I can hear?
      No, that’s the gunshot of destruction

Verb edit

()(めつ)する (hametsu surusuru (stem ()(めつ) (hametsu shi), past ()(めつ)した (hametsu shita))

  1. to fall into ruin; to be ruined;

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References edit

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN