Keyword
perish
Info
FrequencyTop 500-600
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 3
Heisig390
Readings
めつ
(56%)
ほろ
(25%)
めっ
(13%)
(4%)
Composed of
water drops
sign of the dog
fire
Used in vocabulary (137 in total)
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
ruin; destruction; fall
rarely; seldom
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
extermination; annihilation
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
flickering; blinking
switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
disillusionment
thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
to feel depressed; to be down
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
atonement; expiation
immortal; undying; indestructible
incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical
extinction; annihilation; destruction
destruction of evidence
destruction; annihilation; extermination
extravagant; absurd
eradication; extermination; destruction; suppression
to feel depressed
don't be absurd; that's out of the question; nonsense; don't mention it
destruction (esp. of evidence); spoliation; suppression; hiding; concealment
natural extinction; dying a natural death; coming to a natural end
to attack and overthrow; to utterly destroy
extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; unreasonably; absurdly
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
annihilation (of particle and anti-particle)
destroying; annihilating; eradicating
obliteration; annihilation
showering with blows
extinguishment; destruction; effacement
clearing one's mind of all mundane thoughts
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
stabbing repeatedly
sterilization; sterilisation
disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely
Critically Endangered (conservation status); CE
Buddha's death; very unlucky day (according to old almanacs)
gloomy and depressing; mournful
absurd; ridiculous; nonsense; excessive; extreme
defacement; abrasion; wear and tear; crushing of a nerve
defacement; abrasion; wear and tear; crushing of a nerve
wiping out; annihilation
selflessness; being unselfish
destruction (esp. of evidence); spoliation; suppression; hiding; concealment
reckless; blind; without knowing; at random
birth and death
destruction; ruination
entering Nirvana; death (of Buddha, high priest, saint, etc.)
nirvana; death
immortality of the soul
hacking to pieces
decay; ruination
hacking to pieces
reckless; indiscriminate
putting an entire family to death
neither arising nor ceasing
don't be absurd; that's out of the question; nonsense; don't mention it
in chaos; incoherent
decline; downfall; ruin(ation)
scattered or crushed in defeat
reckless; blind; without knowing; at random
annihilation
all living things must die
crushing (injury)
threatened (species); endangered
entire family is affected (disease, etc.); whole family
extermination; annihilation
mass extinction; extinction event
freedom from one's desires (entry into Nirvana) is true bliss
exterminatory measure; eradication campaign
extinction event; mass extinction
wiping out; annihilation
destruction (esp. of evidence); spoliation; suppression; hiding; concealment
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
everlasting; eternal; immortal; imperishable; undying
completely destroying (esp. by fire); burning to ashes; becoming extinct; disappearing
extinctive prescription; negative prescription; statute of limitations
the law of arising and ceasing; the law of creation and destruction
very lovely; totally dreamy; very beautiful; really great; fantastic; superb
to sacrifice family for a greater cause
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
going beyond life and death and entering Nirvana
truths of the cessation of suffering and of the way to the cessation of suffering
gloomy and depressing; mournful
truth of the cessation of suffering
switch (for a light); flasher unit
Extinct in the Wild (conservation status); EW
Suffering, Source of Suffering Desire, The Cessation of Suffering, The Way Leading to the Cessation of Suffering (The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism)
complete and utter annihilation
everlasting; unchangeable; immortal
endangerment (of a species)
near-extinct language; seriously endangered language
dry-heat sterilization; hot-air sterilization
eradication of corruption
extinguishing illusion and passing over to Nirvana
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
very; extremely; excessively
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in
everlasting; forever unchanging; undying
very unlucky day (according to old almanacs)
sterilant; sterilizer; sterilizing agent
city at risk of disappearing (because of decreasing population)
great virtues extinguish small grudges
absorbed company; merged corporation
Carthago delenda est
Examples (84 in total)
If the sun were to go out, all living things would die.
Many animals have been destroyed by men.
All who take up the sword will perish by the sword.