noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
mortality; inevitability of death
A somewhat formal or literary term for the fact that all living things must die. Often used in philosophical or religious contexts.
人間は必滅の存在である。
Human beings are mortal.
この世のすべては必滅する。
Everything in this world is destined to perish.
Compound of 必 (certainly, inevitably) and 滅 (destruction, ruin). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word follows standard Sino-Japanese compounding patterns.