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N2 る-verb, Intransitive verb

滅(ほろ)びるto be ruined, to go under, to perish, to be destroyed

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    1. る-verb, Intransitive verb

      1. 1.

        to go to ruin, to go under, to fall, to be destroyed, to die out, to become extinct, to perish

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    滅びる 【ほろびる】、亡びる 【ほろびる】

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      • ほ

      • ろ

      • び

      • る

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      西(にし)ローマ帝国(ていこく)が滅(ほろ)びたのは476年(ねん)だ。

      The Western Roman Empire fell in 476.

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      隕石(いんせき)が衝突(しょうとつ)したため、恐竜(きょうりゅう)が滅(ほろ)びました。

      The dinosaurs became extinct because of a meteorite collision.

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      この国(くに)が滅(ほろ)びた原因(げんいん)は、戦争(せんそう)に敗北(はいぼく)したことである。

      The reason this country was destroyed is because it was defeated in war.

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      スーパーヒーローは、いずれ悪(あく)が滅(ほろ)びることを確信(かくしん)しているとか。

      The superhero is convinced that evil will eventually be destroyed.

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      若者(わかもの)が減(へ)り続(つづ)けているので、この村(むら)の伝統(でんとう)は滅(ほろ)びるのではないかと懸念(けねん)しています。

      I am concerned that the traditions of this village may die out as the number of young people continues to decrease.

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