滅びる

ほろびる

to go to ruin

N1 #14,108

Meanings

also 亡びる

  1. ichidan verb, intransitive to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct; to perish

Its kanji

In sentences

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. #175425

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. #122975