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滅ぼす (horobosu)

to destroy, to overthrow, to wreck, to ruin

  • JLPT N1
  • Godan verb

Meaning

滅ぼす (ほろぼす, horobosu) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “to destroy, to overthrow, to wreck, to ruin”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 2

好奇こうき心しんは身みを滅ほろぼす。

Curiosity killed the cat.

核兵器かくへいきはわが地球ちきゅうを滅ほろぼすと思おもう。

We think nuclear weapons will destroy our earth.

Conjugation table

滅ぼす (ほろぼす) is a godan verb (u-verb). Every major form with romaji:

FormJapaneseRomaji
Dictionary滅ぼす ほろぼすhorobosu
Negative滅ぼさない ほろぼさないhorobosanai
Past滅ぼした ほろぼしたhoroboshita
Past negative滅ぼさなかった ほろぼさなかったhorobosanakatta
Polite (ます)滅ぼします ほろぼしますhoroboshimasu
Polite negative滅ぼしません ほろぼしませんhoroboshimasen
Polite past滅ぼしました ほろぼしましたhoroboshimashita
Polite past negative滅ぼしませんでした ほろぼしませんでしたhoroboshimasendeshita
Te-form滅ぼして ほろぼしてhoroboshite
Conditional (ば)滅ぼせば ほろぼせばhoroboseba
Conditional (たら)滅ぼしたら ほろぼしたらhoroboshitara
Potential滅ぼせる ほろぼせるhoroboseru
Passive滅ぼされる ほろぼされるhorobosareru
Causative滅ぼさせる ほろぼさせるhorobosaseru
Causative-passive滅ぼさせられる ほろぼさせられるhorobosaserareru
Volitional滅ぼそう ほろぼそうhorobosou
Volitional polite滅ぼしましょう ほろぼしましょうhoroboshimashou
Imperative滅ぼせ ほろぼせhorobose
Desire (たい)滅ぼしたい ほろぼしたいhoroboshitai

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