N3Noun
壊滅
かいめつ
Meaning
- 1.destruction
- 2.devastation
Meanings across languages
- English
- destruction, devastation
- Tiếng Việt
- phá hủy, tiêu diệt
- 日本語
- 壊滅
- 한국어
- 파괴, 황폐화
- 中文
- 毁灭, 灭绝
- Bahasa Indonesia
- destruksi, kehancuran
- ภาษาไทย
- การทำลาย, การพินาศ
- Español
- destrucción, devastación
- Français
- destruction, dévastation
- Deutsch
- Zerstörung, Verwüstung
- Português
- destruição, devastação
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Example sentences
東北の沿岸に位置する町は、10年前の津波により壊滅的な被害を受けた。
A town situated on the Tōhoku coast suffered devastating damage from the tsunami a decade ago.
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