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滅びる

ひらがな

ほろびる

verb

to die, to fall, to collapse, to perish / to die out; to become extinct

この文明が滅びる日が来るかもしれない。

The day may come when this civilization will die.

意味（1）

to die, to fall, to collapse, to perish

ラピュタは滅(ほろ)びぬ、何(なん)度(ど)でも甦(よみがえ)るさ。

Rapyuta wa horobi nu, nando demo yomigaeru sa.Laputa never dies, it will be reborn many times.

意味（2）

to die out; to become extinct

この種(しゅ)の動(どう)物(ぶつ)は数(すう)万(まん)年(ねん)ほど前(まえ)既(すで)に滅(ほろ)びてしまった。

Kono shu no dōbutsu wa sū man nen hodo mae sudeni horobite shimatta.This specie of animal has already become extinct tens of thousands of years ago.