Vocabulary
Form
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
verb
vi
N1
freq #32
Example sentences
肉体(にくたい)は滅(ほろ)びるが霊魂(れいこん)は不滅(ふめつ)である。
A man's body dies, but his soul is immortal.
剣(けん)を取(と)る者(もの)は皆(みな)剣(けん)で滅(ほろ)びる。
All who take up the sword will perish by the sword.
ローマ人(ローマじん)は自分(じぶん)たちの帝国(ていこく)が滅(ほろ)びることを望(のぞ)まなかった。しかしそれは滅(ほろ)びてしまった。
Romans did not want their empire to decline; but it did.
滅(ほろ)びに至(いた)る門(もん)は大(おお)きく、その道(みち)は広(ひろ)い。
For the gate is wide and the way is easy, that leads to destruction.