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全滅 (ぜんめつ) — annihilation | JLPT N1 · Nihongo Circle

全滅

ぜんめつ

nountransitive 他動詞intransitive 自動詞

Meanings

1annihilation
2total destruction
3complete destruction
4total defeat
5complete failure

Example sentence

その町の住人は全滅した。

The population of the town was wiped out.

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Kanji in this word

全Whole, Entire, All6 strokes 滅Destroy, Ruin, Overthrow13 strokes

More words with 全

全快ぜんかい · complete recovery of healthN1 全盛ぜんせい · height of prosperityN1 全力ぜんりょく · all one's powerN2 全てすべて · allN3 完全かんぜん ·

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perfection

N3

全ぜん · allN3

全身ぜんしん · the whole bodyN3

健全けんぜん · healthN1

More words with 滅

滅びるほろびる · to be ruinedN1 滅ぼすほろぼす · to destroyN1 滅多にめったに · rarely (with neg. verb)N3 絶滅ぜつめつ · destructionN3 滅亡めつぼう · downfallN1 壊滅かいめつ · (complete) destruction 破滅はめつ · ruin 自滅じめつ · self-destruction

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