I Love Kanji滅びる (horobiru)
滅びる (ほろびる, horobiru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to go to ruin; to go under”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ほろびる
- Romaji
- horobiru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out · ichidan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
それは御子を信じるものが、一人として滅びることなく、永遠の命を持つためである。
That whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 滅びる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 滅びる | ほろびる horobiru |
| Polite (~masu) | 滅びます | ほろびます horobimasu |
| Negative | 滅びない | ほろびない horobinai |
| Polite negative | 滅びません | ほろびません horobimasen |
| Past | 滅びた | ほろびた horobita |
| Polite past | 滅びました | ほろびました horobimashita |
| Negative past | 滅びなかった | ほろびなかった horobinakatta |
| Te-form | 滅びて | ほろびて horobite |
| Potential | 滅びられる | ほろびられる horobirareru |
| Passive | 滅びられる | ほろびられる horobirareru |
| Causative | 滅びさせる | ほろびさせる horobisaseru |
| Volitional | 滅びよう | ほろびよう horobiyou |
| Imperative | 滅びろ | ほろびろ horobiro |
| Conditional (~ba) | 滅びれば | ほろびれば horobireba |
Kanji in 滅びる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 滅びる.
Source: JMdict entry 1603610 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.