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消滅 (shoumetsu) Japanese meaning: extinction | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 5,000 Conjugation 消滅する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 消しょう 滅めつ する 消しょう 滅めつ しない Polite 消しょう 滅めつ します 消しょう 滅めつ しません Past polite 消しょう 滅めつ しました 消しょう 滅めつ しませんでした Past 消しょう 滅めつ した 消しょう 滅めつ しなかった Te-form 消しょう 滅めつ して 消しょう 滅めつ しないで Desire 消しょう 滅めつ したい 消しょう 滅めつ したくない Potential 消しょう 滅めつ できる 消しょう 滅めつ できない Passive 消しょう 滅めつ される 消しょう 滅めつ されない Causative 消しょう 滅めつ させる 消しょう 滅めつ させない Causative passive 消しょう 滅めつ させられる 消しょう 滅めつ させられない Volitional 消しょう 滅めつ しよう Polite volitional 消しょう 滅めつ しましょう Imperative 消しょう 滅めつ しろ 消しょう 滅めつ するな Conditional 消しょう 滅めつ すれば 消しょう 滅めつ しなければ Tara conditional 消しょう 滅めつ したら 消しょう 滅めつ しなかったら
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その 種しゅ は 絶ぜつ 滅めつ の 危き 機き に 瀕ひん し 、 やがて 消しょう 滅めつ し た 。
The species was on the verge of extinction and eventually disappeared.
The right will lapse upon expiration of the contract.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 が 消しょう 滅めつ する for something (a right, memory, phenomenon, etc.) to cease to exist
If you don't use it, the right can lapse and cease to exist.
〈 物もの 〉 を 消しょう 滅めつ させる to eliminate or make something disappear entirely
They succeeded in completely eliminating the virus with the new medicine.
Kanji 消 extinguish, blow out, turn off 滅 destroy, ruin, overthrow Transitive / intransitive 消滅 is a する-verb used only intransitively on its own (something 消滅する, disappears), but it forms the transitive causative 消滅させる (someone makes something disappear).
Related words· 7 消失 stresses something suddenly vanishing or being lost, while 消滅 focuses on the complete ending of its existence.
絶滅 is used specifically for a species or group dying out completely, while 消滅 is a broader term for anything ceasing to exist.
滅亡 describes the downfall and ruin of a nation, civilization, or dynasty, while 消滅 is a neutral term usable for any kind of disappearance.
消滅 means 'to disappear/vanish' and can apply to abstract things like rights or feelings, whereas 死滅 specifically implies the death of living things or organisms.
Show 3 more 消滅する means 'to vanish/disappear' and is often used for abstract things like rights or effects, while 滅びる specifically implies ruin or destruction of something once thriving.
消滅 describes something simply vanishing or ceasing to exist, while 廃絶 emphasizes a deliberate or definitive end to a practice, system, or species.
消滅 means something fades away or vanishes entirely, while 断絶 stresses an abrupt cutting-off of a line, tradition, or relationship rather than gradual disappearance.
Opposites· 9 存続 means to continue existing, the opposite of 消滅's sense of ceasing to exist (as with a right or organization).
発生 means for something to arise or come into being, the reverse of 消滅's sense of disappearing.
消滅 means 'extinction' or 'disappearance', the direct opposite of 残存, which means something continues to exist or remain.
Don't confuse with 消耗 shares the kanji 消 with 消滅 but means to use up or wear out (e.g. energy, supplies), not to disappear entirely.
消滅 means something naturally disappears or expires, whereas 隠滅 means someone deliberately destroys or hides something, usually evidence.
Word family· 8 annihilation (particle-antiparticle)
absorbed company; merged corporation
statute of limitations; extinctive prescription
Etymology Compound of 消 (extinguish, disappear) and 滅 (destroy, perish). The combination naturally conveys complete disappearance or annihilation.
Show 6 more 消滅 means disappearance or extinction, the opposite of 生成, which means the coming into existence of something.
消滅 means disappearance or extinction, the opposite process from 創出, which means bringing something into existence.
消滅 means to vanish or disappear entirely, the opposite of 現存, which means to still exist or survive.
消滅 means disappearance or extinction, the opposite of 復活's sense of coming back or being revived.
消滅 means to vanish or cease to exist, the direct opposite of 出現, which means to come into existence or appear.
消滅 means disappearance or extinction, the opposite of 誕生 when used for the creation or emergence of things, systems, or ideas.
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expiation of sins; extinguishing of karmic obstacles
natural extinction; dying a natural death; coming to a natural end · ghosting; sudden unexplained end of communication
Show 3 more annihilation of the soul; extinction of the spirit
endangered language; seriously endangered language
city at risk of disappearing due to population decline
