破滅

See also: 破灭

Chinese

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

Pronunciation


Verb

破滅

  1. to be shattered; to be annihilated (of hope, illusions, etc.)
    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.

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
めつ
Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

破滅 (hiragana はめつ, rōmaji hametsu)

  1. ruin; destruction
    それでは破滅 (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.

Verb

破滅する (suru conjugation, hiragana はめつする, rōmaji hametsu suru)

  1. to fall into ruin; to be ruined;

Conjugation

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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