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Illustration of 絶滅

絶滅ぜつめつ

ぜつめつ zetsumetsu Play N3 Noun Suru verb Intransitive

Meanings and examples

生物の種や物事が完全になくなること。 destruction; extinction

Example 1

絶滅ぜつめつは進化しんかの一部いちぶである。

Extinction is part of evolution.

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Example 2

さまざまな種類しゅるいの生物せいぶつが絶滅ぜつめつしつつある。

Many forms of life are disappearing.

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Kanji breakdown

滅

N1

destroy; ruin; overthrow; perish

On reading
メツ
Kun reading
ほろ.びる、ほろ.ぶ、ほろ.ぼす
Radical
水

絶

N3

discontinue; sever; cut off; abstain; interrupt; suppress; be beyond; without match; peerless; unparalleled

On reading
ゼツ
Kun reading
た.える、た.やす、た.つ
Radical
糸
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滅多に

N3

めったに

rarely (with neg. verb); seldom

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絶対

N3

ぜったい

absolute; unconditional; absoluteness

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絶えず

N2

たえず

constantly

Illustration of 全滅

全滅

N1

ぜんめつ

annihilation

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拒絶

N1

きょぜつ

refusal; rejection