滅びる
Meanings
Ichidan verb
Intransitive verb
1. to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct; to perish
Other spellings
亡びる
Kanji used
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
ほろびる
ほろびる
Examples6
それ
That whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
剣
All who take up the sword will perish by the sword.
滅び
For the gate is wide and the way is easy, that leads to destruction.
肉体
A man's body dies, but his soul is immortal.
私たち
We must learn to live together as brothers, or we will perish together as fools.
ローマ
Romans did not want their empire to decline; but it did.