壊滅

Japanese

Kanji in this term
壊 滅
かい
Grade: S
めつ
Grade: S
kan’on goon
Alternative spellings
壞滅 (kyūjitai)
潰滅 (dated)

Etymology

壊 is a daiyōji replacing 潰.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かいめつ [kàímétsú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ime̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

壊(かい)滅(めつ) • (kaimetsu) ←くわいめつ (kwaimetu)?

  1. annihilation, destruction

Verb

壊(かい)滅(めつ)する • (kaimetsu suru) ←くわいめつ (kwaimetu)?suru (stem 壊(かい)滅(めつ)し (kaimetsu shi), past 壊(かい)滅(めつ)した (kaimetsu shita))

  1. to become annihilated, to become destroyed

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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