滅ぼす (ほろぼす): to destroy, to overthrow, to ruin — Japanese vocabulary
滅ぼす is read ほろぼす and means "to destroy, to overthrow, to ruin". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
滅ぼす
- Reading
- ほろぼす · horobosu
- Translation
- to destroy, to overthrow, to ruin
- Level
- JLPT N1
- Pitch accent
- ほろぼすが
Example
彼は酒で身を滅ぼした。
かれはさけでみをほろぼした。
Drinking was his ruin.
Kanji in this word
- 滅 — destroy, perish
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