Lingaku滅びる【ほろびる】
Frequency rank: 4,841. – 4,850.
- to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct; to perish
Ichidan verb; intransitive verb
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- to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed
- to die out; to become extinct; to perish
This meaning describes the process of something deteriorating or collapsing, often used in contexts related to civilizations, structures, or institutions that fail or are no longer sustainable.
This meaning refers to the extinction of species or the dwindling of certain traits, cultures, or practices until they no longer exist.
Generated collocations (experimental)
ほろびる滅びるうんめい運命にあるto be doomed to destructionぶんめい文明がほろびる滅びるto have a civilization fallじめつ自滅するto self-destructぜつめつ絶滅にほろびる滅びるto perish to extinctionこだい古代のほろび滅びthe fall of ancient timesほしょくしゃ捕食者によってほろびる滅びるto be destroyed by predatorsでんせつ伝説がほろびる滅びるto have a legend die outぶんか文化がほろびる滅びるto have a culture go to ruinほろび滅びをむかえる迎えるto face destructionきぼう希望がほろびる滅びるto have hope perish
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We must learn to live together as brothers, or we will perish together as fools.
We must learn to live together as brothers, or we will perish together as fools.
Romans did not want their empire to decline; but it did.
That whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.