| annihilate | extinguish | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (殲滅) | 殲 | 滅 | |
| simp. (歼灭) | 歼 | 灭 | |
殲滅
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 殲 | 滅 |
| せん Hyōgai |
めつ Grade: S |
| goon | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| せん滅 |
Ultimately from Middle Chinese compound 殲滅 (MC tsjem mjiet, literally “annihilate + destroy”), probably as a learned borrowing from Chinese 殲滅 / 歼灭 (jiānmiè).
First cited to a text from 1825.
Often spelled せん滅 due to the rarity and complexity of the first character 殲.
殲滅する • (senmetsu suru) transitive suru (stem 殲滅し (senmetsu shi), past 殲滅した (senmetsu shita))
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 殲滅し | せんめつし | senmetsu shi | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 殲滅し | せんめつし | senmetsu shi | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 殲滅する | せんめつする | senmetsu suru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 殲滅する | せんめつする | senmetsu suru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 殲滅すれ | せんめつすれ | senmetsu sure | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 殲滅せよ¹ 殲滅しろ² |
せんめつせよ¹ せんめつしろ² |
senmetsu seyo¹ senmetsu shiro² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 殲滅される | せんめつされる | senmetsu sareru | |
| Causative | 殲滅させる 殲滅さす |
せんめつさせる せんめつさす |
senmetsu saseru senmetsu sasu | |
| Potential | 殲滅できる | せんめつできる | senmetsu dekiru | |
| Volitional | 殲滅しよう | せんめつしよう | senmetsu shiyō | |
| Negative | 殲滅しない | せんめつしない | senmetsu shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 殲滅せず | せんめつせず | senmetsu sezu | |
| Formal | 殲滅します | せんめつします | senmetsu shimasu | |
| Perfective | 殲滅した | せんめつした | senmetsu shita | |
| Conjunctive | 殲滅して | せんめつして | senmetsu shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 殲滅すれば | せんめつすれば | senmetsu sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 殲 | 滅 |