滅ぶ

• 読み: ほろぶ
• ローマ字: horobu
• 漢字の分解: 滅 (horo/metsu) — to perish, destroy, extinguish
• 発音: /ho.ɾo.bɯ/

意味

To perish; to be destroyed; to fall to ruin; to die out. An alternative form of 滅びる with a more classical, literary flavour.

A Group 1 (godan) intransitive verb. Functionally synonymous with 滅びる but conjugates as a godan verb. Slightly more archaic in register and favoured in literary or dramatic contexts. Both forms are used interchangeably in modern Japanese, though 滅びる is more common in everyday usage.

例文

1. 国が滅んだ後も人々の記憶は残った。
2. 悪が栄えて善が滅ぶことがあってはならない。
3. 恐竜が滅んだ原因は隕石だと言われている。

使い方ガイド

場面: history, literature, philosophy

トーン: literary

起源と歴史

Variant of 滅びる. The shorter godan form 滅ぶ preserves an older conjugation pattern. Both derive from the same root meaning 'to be extinguished.'

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal