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全滅 (ぜんめつ): annihilation — Japanese vocabulary

全滅 is read ぜんめつ and means "annihilation". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

全滅

Reading
ぜんめつ · zemmetsu
Translation
annihilation
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
ぜんめつが

Example

その町の住人は全滅した。

そのまちのじゅうにんはぜんめつした。

The population of the town was wiped out.

Kanji in this word

  • 全 — whole, complete
  • 滅 — destroy, perish

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