滅ぼす

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
滅
ほろ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
亡ぼす

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「滅ぼす」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		滅ぼす ほろぼす
Imperative (命令形) 滅ぼせ ほろぼせ
Key constructions
Passive 滅ぼされる ほろぼされる
Causative 滅ぼさせる ほろぼさせる
Potential 滅ぼせる ほろぼせる
Volitional 滅ぼそう ほろぼそー
Negative 滅ぼさない ほろぼさない
Negative perfective 滅ぼさなかった ほろぼさなかった
Formal 滅ぼします ほろぼします
Perfective 滅ぼした ほろぼした
Conjunctive 滅ぼして ほろぼして
Hypothetical conditional 滅ぼせば ほろぼせば

Verb

滅(ほろ)ぼす • (horobosu) transitive godan (stem 滅(ほろ)ぼし (horoboshi), past 滅(ほろ)ぼした (horoboshita))

Japanese verb pair
active 滅ぼす
mediopassive 滅びる
  1. to ruin, to destroy
    言論(げんろん)の自由(じゆう)を滅(ほろ)ぼす
    genron no jiyū o horobosu
    ruin the freedom of speech
    あの男(おとこ)は酒(さけ)で身(み)を滅(ほろ)ぼした。
    Ano otoko wa sake de mi o horoboshita.
    That man ruined himself with alcohol.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "滅ぼす" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 滅ぼさ ほろぼさ horobosa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 滅ぼし ほろぼし horoboshi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 滅ぼす ほろぼす horobosu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 滅ぼす ほろぼす horobosu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 滅ぼせ ほろぼせ horobose
Meireikei ("imperative") 滅ぼせ ほろぼせ horobose
Key constructions
Passive 滅ぼされる ほろぼされる horobosareru
Causative 滅ぼさせる
滅ぼさす 		ほろぼさせる
ほろぼさす 		horobosaseru
horobosasu
Potential 滅ぼせる ほろぼせる horoboseru
Volitional 滅ぼそう ほろぼそう horobosō
Negative 滅ぼさない ほろぼさない horobosanai
Negative continuative 滅ぼさず ほろぼさず horobosazu
Formal 滅ぼします ほろぼします horoboshimasu
Perfective 滅ぼした ほろぼした horoboshita
Conjunctive 滅ぼして ほろぼして horoboshite
Hypothetical conditional 滅ぼせば ほろぼせば horoboseba
Classical conjugation of "滅ぼす" (サ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 滅ぼさ ほろぼさ forobosa
Continuative (連用形) 滅ぼし ほろぼし forobosi
Terminal (終止形) 滅ぼす ほろぼす forobosu
Attributive (連体形) 滅ぼす ほろぼす forobosu
Realis (已然形) 滅ぼせ ほろぼせ forobose
Imperative (命令形) 滅ぼせ ほろぼせ forobose
Key constructions
Negative 滅ぼさず ほろぼさず forobosazu
Contrasting conjunction 滅ぼせど ほろぼせど forobosedo
Causal conjunction 滅ぼせば ほろぼせば foroboseba
Conditional conjunction 滅ぼさば ほろぼさば forobosaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 滅ぼしき ほろぼしき forobosiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 滅ぼしけり ほろぼしけり forobosikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 滅ぼしつ ほろぼしつ forobositu
Perfect tense (natural event) 滅ぼしぬ ほろぼしぬ forobosinu
Perfect-continuative tense 滅ぼせり
滅ぼしたり		 ほろぼせり
ほろぼしたり		 foroboseri
forobositari
Volitional 滅ぼさむ ほろぼさむ forobosamu

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References

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