絶滅

See also: 絕滅 and 绝灭

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ぜつ
Grade: 5
めつ
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
絕滅 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) つめつ [zètsúmétsú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ze̞t͡sɨᵝme̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

(ぜつ)(めつ) • (zetsumetsu) 

  1. extinction; annihilation; elimination

Synonyms

Antonyms

Verb

(ぜつ)(めつ)する • (zetsumetsu suru) suru (stem (ぜつ)(めつ) (zetsumetsu shi), past (ぜつ)(めつ)した (zetsumetsu shita))

  1. to go extinct; to be annihilated; to be eliminated
    • 1988 July 30 [1985 July 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “(ぜつ)(めつ)(しま) ((ぜつ)(めつ)(しま)) [Island of Extinction]”, in 宇宙船製造法 [How to Build a Spaceship] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 3), 6th edition, volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 91:
      ヤモリを(ぜつ)(めつ)させた(しま)で、(こん)()は、人間が(ぜつ)(めつ)させられようとしてるわけだ。ワッハッハ…………。
      Yamori o zetsumetsu saseta shima de, kondo wa, ningen ga zetsumetsu saserare yō to shiteru wake da. Wahhahha………….
      The geckos went extinct on this island, now it’s the humans who will. Hahaha………….

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • ()()える (shi ni taeru)

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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