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45 滅びる To Be Destroyed

Alternative Meanings

To Be Annihilated

Part of Speech

Intransitive verb and Ichidan verb

Reading

ほろびる

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

Context Sentence

地球がじきに滅びるんだとしたら、どうしてベーコンを食べるのを我慢しなくちゃいけないの？

If the earth is going to be destroyed, why should I resist eating bacon?

Meaning Explanation

Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means destroy so the verb vocab version is to be destroyed. You know you're not destroying things because of the beer (びる). You'd never destroy beer... but someone else might. Grrr.

Reading Explanation

"THE HORROR!" (ほろ) you cry, as your beer is about to be destroyed.

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