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破滅 (はめつ, hametsu) Japanese meaning: ruin | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation 破滅する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 破は 滅めつ する 破は 滅めつ しない Polite 破は 滅めつ します 破は 滅めつ しません Past polite 破は 滅めつ しました 破は 滅めつ しませんでした Past 破は 滅めつ した 破は 滅めつ しなかった Te-form 破は 滅めつ して 破は 滅めつ しないで Desire 破は 滅めつ したい 破は 滅めつ したくない Potential 破は 滅めつ できる 破は 滅めつ できない Passive 破は 滅めつ される 破は 滅めつ されない Causative 破は 滅めつ させる 破は 滅めつ させない Causative passive 破は 滅めつ させられる 破は 滅めつ させられない Volitional 破は 滅めつ しよう Polite volitional 破は 滅めつ しましょう Imperative 破は 滅めつ しろ 破は 滅めつ するな Conditional 破は 滅めつ すれば 破は 滅めつ しなければ Tara conditional 破は 滅めつ したら 破は 滅めつ しなかったら
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身み
を
破は
滅めつ
さ
せ
た
。
He ruined himself through gambling.
The country was ruined by the war.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 を 破は 滅めつ させる to ruin someone
He ruined himself with debt.
破は 滅めつ の 道みち をたどる to head down the path to ruin
The company went down the path to ruin.
破は 滅めつ を 招まね く to bring about ruin
That decision brought about the nation's ruin.
〈 事こと 〉 が 破は 滅めつ につながる (something) leads to ruin
Excessive debt can lead to ruin.
Kanji 滅 destroy, ruin, overthrow Related words· 7 滅亡 is more often used for the extinction or downfall of nations, civilizations, or species, while 破滅 can apply to personal ruin or the collapse of plans.
崩壊 emphasizes physical or structural collapse, whereas 破滅 focuses on the state of being ruined or destroyed in a broader sense.
破産 specifically refers to financial bankruptcy, while 破滅 refers to more general ruin or downfall that may or may not involve money.
没落 describes a gradual decline in status or fortune, while 破滅 implies a more sudden or complete ruin.
Show 3 more 破滅 means general ruin or destruction that can come from external causes, while 自滅 specifically emphasizes that the downfall is self-inflicted.
破滅する means to be utterly ruined or destroyed, often financially or socially, while 堕ちる carries a stronger moral or religious sense of falling into ruin or hell.
破滅 means ruin or downfall as an end result, while 堕落 describes the gradual process of moral corruption that may lead there.
Don't confuse with 破壊 means the act of physically destroying something, while 破滅 describes the resulting state of ruin, often of a person or plan.
破滅 refers to a person's own ruin or downfall (e.g. financial or moral), whereas 破局 describes a catastrophic event or the collapse of a relationship, not necessarily one's own ruin.
Etymology Compound of 破 (ha, 'break, destroy') and 滅 (metsu, 'destroy, perish'). The combination intensifies the sense of complete destruction or ruin.
