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滅入る (めいる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

滅め入いる

め

い

る

Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

feel depressed; feel down; be dispirited

Describes a sinking, gloomy feeling, often in reaction to something. Commonly used in the phrase 気が滅入る.

雨あめの日ひが続つづくと気きが滅め入いる。
I feel depressed when rainy days continue.
彼かれ

の

話はなし

を

聞き

い

て

滅め

入い

っ

て

しまっ

た

。

I got depressed after hearing his story.

Written forms

滅め入いるUsage77%
Standard kanji spelling.
めいるUsage23%
Kana spelling is common in informal writing.

Kanji

滅destroy, ruin, overthrow
入enter, insert

Similar words

落おち込こむ
落ち込む is a more common and general word for feeling down or depressed. 滅入る has a nuance of a heavy, sinking gloom and is often used in the set phrase 気が滅入る.
憂ゆう鬱うつ
憂鬱 is a noun/adjectival noun meaning melancholy or gloom. 滅入る is the verb describing the feeling of becoming depressed.

Etymology

Compound of 滅 (めつ, 'destruction, ruin') and 入る (いる, 'to enter'), literally 'to enter a state of ruin', which developed into the figurative sense of sinking into a depressed mood.