滅ぼす

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ほろ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
亡ぼす

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ろぼ [hòróbóꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ho̞ɾo̞bo̞sɨᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "滅ぼす"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
滅ぼす ろぼ [hòróbóꜜsù]
Imperative (命令形) 滅ぼせ ろぼ [hòróbóꜜsè]
Key constructions
Passive 滅ぼされる ろぼされ [hòróbósáréꜜrù]
Causative 滅ぼさせる ろぼさせ [hòróbósáséꜜrù]
Potential 滅ぼせる ろぼせ [hòróbóséꜜrù]
Volitional 滅ぼそう ろぼそ [hòróbósóꜜò]
Negative 滅ぼさない ろぼさない [hòróbósáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 滅ぼさなかった ろぼさなかった [hòróbósáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 滅ぼします ろぼしま [hòróbóshímáꜜsù]
Perfective 滅ぼした ろぼした [hòróbóꜜshìtà]
Conjunctive 滅ぼして ろぼして [hòróbóꜜshìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 滅ぼせば ろぼせば [hòróbóꜜsèbà]

Verb

(ほろ)ぼす • (horobosu) transitive godan (stem (ほろ)ぼし (horoboshi), past (ほろ)ぼした (horoboshita))

Japanese verb pair
active 滅ぼす
mediopassive 滅びる
  1. to ruin, to destroy
    言論(げんろん)自由(じゆう)(ほろ)ぼす
    genron no jiyū o horobosu
    ruin the freedom of speech
    あの(おとこ)(さけ)()(ほろ)ぼした
    Ano otoko wa sake de mi o horoboshita.
    That man ruined himself with alcohol.

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References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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