必ひつ滅めつ

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.

• 人にん間げんは必ひつ滅めつの存そん在ざいである。

  Human beings are mortal.

• この世よのすべては必ひつ滅めつする。

  Everything in this world is destined to perish.