to perish, to die out

Kanji in this word

• 滅 destroy, ruin

Example sentences

• 肉体にくたいは滅ほろびるが霊魂れいこんは不滅ふめつである。

  Nikutai wa horobiruga reikon wa fumetsu de aru.

  A man's body dies, but his soul is immortal.

Example sentences from the Tatoeba Project, CC-BY 2.0 FR.

Related words · share a kanji

• 絶滅 extinction
• 絶滅危惧 endangerment