Moto 滅: Destroy; Ruin; OverthrowKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- メツ
- Kun'yomi
- ほろ(びる)、ほろ(ぶ)、ほろ(ぼす)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 134 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (メツ)
- 絶滅ぜつめつextinction; extermination
- 消滅しょうめつextinction; extinguishment
- 壊滅かいめつdestruction; annihilation
- 撲滅ぼくめつeradication; extermination
- 破滅はめつruin; destruction
- 隠滅いんめつdestruction (esp. of evidence); spoliation
- 不滅ふめつimmortal; undying
- 全滅ぜんめつannihilation; total destruction
- 幻滅げんめつdisillusionment
- 死滅しめつextinction; annihilation
- 滅亡めつぼうdownfall; ruin
- 滅多めったthoughtless; reckless
- 滅多にめったにrarely; seldom
- 滅私めっしselflessness; being unselfish
- 点滅てんめつswitching on and off (of a light); flashing
- 自滅じめつself-destruction; ruining oneself
- 一家全滅いっかぜんめつentire family is affected (disease, etc.); whole family
- 不朽不滅ふきゅうふめつeverlasting; eternal
- 不生不滅ふしょうふめつneither arising nor ceasing
- 乾熱滅菌かんねつめっきんdry-heat sterilization; hot-air sterilization
- 仏滅ぶつめつBuddha's death
- 仏滅日ぶつめつにちvery unlucky day (according to old almanacs)
- 仏滅紀元ぶつめつきげんBuddhist calendar
- 入滅にゅうめつentering Nirvana; death (of Buddha, high priest, saint, etc.)
- 剿滅そうめつwiping out; annihilation
- 千古不滅せんこふめつeverlasting; unchangeable
- 堙滅いんめつdestruction (esp. of evidence); spoliation
- 壊滅的かいめつてきdevastating; catastrophic
- 大徳は小怨を滅すだいとくはしょうえんをめっすgreat virtues extinguish small grudges
- 大絶滅たいぜつめつmass extinction; extinction event
- 大義親を滅すたいぎしんをめっすto sacrifice family for a greater cause
- 大量絶滅たいりょうぜつめつextinction event; mass extinction
- 寂滅じゃくめつnirvana
- 寂滅為楽じゃくめついらくfreedom from one's desires (entry into Nirvana) is true bliss
- 対消滅ついしょうめつannihilation (of particle and anti-particle)
- 尽滅じんめつannihilation
- 常住不滅じょうじゅうふめつeverlasting; forever unchanging
- 廃滅はいめつdecay; ruination
- 心頭滅却しんとうめっきゃくclearing one's mind of all mundane thoughts
- 必滅ひつめつmortality
- 挫滅ざめつcrushing (injury)
- 挫滅症候群ざめつしょうこうぐんcrush syndrome
- 掃滅そうめつwiping out; annihilation
- 摩滅まめつdefacement; abrasion
- 撃滅げきめつdestruction; annihilation
- 撲滅運動ぼくめつうんどうexterminatory measure; eradication campaign
- 支離滅裂しりめつれつincoherent; inconsistent
- 放射線滅菌ほうしゃせんめっきんradiation sterilization
- 政治的自滅せいじてきじめつpolitical suicide
- 敗滅はいめつscattered or crushed in defeat
- 族滅ぞくめつputting an entire family to death
- 明滅めいめつflickering; blinking
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 滅びるほろびるto go to ruin; to go under
- 滅ぼすほろぼすto destroy; to overthrow
- 罪滅ぼしつみほろぼしatonement; expiation
- 打ち滅ぼすうちほろぼすto destroy
- 攻め滅ぼすせめほろぼすto attack and overthrow; to utterly destroy
Other readings
- めくら滅法めくらめっぽうreckless; blind
- 吸収合併消滅会社きゅうしゅうがっぺいしょうめつがいしゃabsorbed company; merged corporation
- 是生滅法ぜしょうめっぽうthe law of arising and ceasing; the law of creation and destruction
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