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Meaning of 消滅 in Japanese
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消滅
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Kana Readingしょうめつ
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Romajishōmetsu
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
- Meaning
- lapse; annihilation (physics)
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- extinguishment; termination (e.g. of legal representation)
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- Parts of speech
- mathematics
- Meaning
- vanishing
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Examples of 消滅, しょうめつ in a sentence
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If the sun were to go out, all living things would die.
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破壊の結果、毎日５０種類もの野生の動植物が消滅していると見積もられている。
It has been estimated that, as a result of the destruction, fifty species of wildlife are disappearing from the earth each day.
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赤道近くの狭い地域にある熱帯雨林は、急速にその姿を消しつつあり、２０００年までにはその８０％が消滅してしまうかもしれない。
The tropical rainforests, located in a narrow region near the equator, are disappearing so fast that by the year 2000 eighty percent of them may be gone.
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The tiger is a vanishing species.
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Old traditions are crumbling away.
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If the sun were to go out, all living things would die.
Related Kanji
13 strokes
destroy, ruin, overthrow, perish
On'Yomi: メツ
Kun'Yomi: ほろ.びる, ほろ.ぶ, ほろ.ぼす
10 strokes
extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel
On'Yomi: ショウ
Kun'Yomi: き.える, け.す