Keyword
perish
Info
FrequencyTop 600-700
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 3
Heisig390
Readings
めつ
(56%)
ほろ
(24%)
めっ
(14%)
(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
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.
The population of the town was wiped out.
The war brought ruin to the country.
Money ruins many.
Another storm, and our village would have been ruined.
I hear his business is on the verge of ruin.
We rarely get snow here.
It rarely snows here in the winter.
He rarely goes to church.
He seldom orders anything new.
He rarely goes to the movies.
He hardly ever opens a book.
She rarely sings, but I think she will tonight.
My father rarely, if ever, goes out on Sundays.
My grandfather rarely talked about the war.
Old traditions are crumbling away.
Without oxygen, all animals would have disappeared long ago.
The world is on the verge of destruction.
It is not his illness that ruined him so much as his idleness.
Needless to say, it was a rare occurrence.
It was gambling that brought about his ruin.
My mother almost never complains.
The beautiful bird is said to be in danger of dying out.
That species of bird is said to be in danger of dying out.
Those animals were in danger of dying out.
Global climatic changes may have been responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs.
Their job is to exterminate rats and mice.
Dinosaurs became extinct a very long time ago.
Extinction is a part of evolution.
Elephants are in danger of dying out.
Unless whales are protected, they will become extinct.
Tom seldom travels.
Tom rarely sings.
Tom rarely smiles.
Tom rarely talks to anybody.
Tom said that Mary seldom does that.
I rarely read books in French.
We were disillusioned with the result.
The government is determined to put an end to terrorism.
I hear there are a lot of foxes around here, but I seldom see any.
I seldom go to art museums.
A person's soul is immortal.
They believe that the soul is immortal.
I believe in the immortality of the soul.
I like garlic but, because of the smell, I rarely eat it.
I feel a bit depressed.
I think Tom is depressed.
I get depressed at times.
Rainy days make me depressed.
This bird is now on the verge of extinction.
This bird is in danger of dying out.
These animals are on the verge of extinction.
Many fragile species are on the verge of extinction.
Many species of insects are on the verge of extinction.
Some wild animals are on the verge of extinction.
It proved to be the deathblow to their plan.
They confirmed the importance of strengthening global precautions in order to prevent devastating losses.
I was disillusioned at his married life.
Dinosaurs are now extinct.
Every time a species dies out, we lose forever a part of our natural world.
Plato held that the soul is immortal.
He seldom gets angry or irritated.
The thought of going to work tomorrow really depresses me.
We think nuclear weapons will destroy our earth.
Nuclear weapons will bring about nothing but the ruin of mankind.
Nuclear weapons may bring about the annihilation of man.
And what guarantee is there that you won't cover up the evidence?
Many animals that lived thousands of years ago are now extinct.
The species will be made extinct by the end of this century.
As the sun rises, the morning mist gradually fades away.
If a nuclear war were to break out, mankind would perish.
A nuclear war will bring about the destruction of mankind.
He is extremely strong.
Scientists are working hard to put an end to AIDS.
In the near future, we will be able to put an end to AIDS.
I rarely drink coffee.
That bird is now in danger of dying out.
The Siberian tiger is on the verge of extinction.
They are waging a campaign against AIDS.
It was during the ice age that the saber-toothed tiger became extinct.
Barbary lions have gone extinct in Algeria.
The eruption of the volcano Vesuvius destroyed the city of Pompeii.