滅びます（ほろびます、horobimasu）
- to perish

The Japanese verb 滅びます滅びます, read as ほろびます, means "to perish," "to be destroyed," "to fall," "to be ruined," or "to go extinct." It describes a state of ceasing to exist, often due to destruction, decay, or the end of a process. This can apply to things, people, civilizations, or even abstract concepts. The word implies a sense of finality and often irreversible loss.

⚫︎国が滅びます Translation: The country will perish. ⚫︎文明が滅びます Translation: The civilization will be destroyed. ⚫︎動物が絶滅して、滅びます滅びます Translation: The animals will become extinct and perish.

滅びます滅びます is used in formal and informal contexts. You would use it when discussing the demise or extinction of something. It's often used when referring to a catastrophic event, a failure, or the end of a dynasty or a species. The verb is typically used for things that disappear in a way that is out of their control.

⚫︎The base form is 滅びる. ⚫︎The masu-form is 滅びます滅びます. ⚫︎It's written in kanji as 滅びます滅びます, but you might also see it written in hiragana as ほろびます. ⚫︎The okurigana (the hiragana after the kanji) is always び.

⚫︎絶滅します (ぜつめつします) - to become extinct ⚫︎崩壊します (ほうかいします) - to collapse, to crumble ⚫︎消滅します (しょうめつします) - to disappear, to vanish ⚫︎破滅します (はめつします) - to be ruined, to be destroyed ⚫︎倒れます (たおれます) - to fall

⚫︎誕生します (たんじょうします) - to be born, to come into existence ⚫︎生き残ります (いきのこります) - to survive ⚫︎繁栄します (はんえいします) - to flourish, to prosper ⚫︎発展します (はってんします) - to develop, to expand

戦争によって、多くの都市が滅びました滅びました ・Translation: Many cities were destroyed by the war. ・Explanation: This sentence uses 滅びました滅びました to describe the destruction of cities due to a war.

あの恐竜はもう滅びてしまいました滅びてしまいました ・Translation: That dinosaur is already extinct. ・Explanation: Here, 滅びてしまいました滅びてしまいましたexpresses that the dinosaurs are no longer in existence.

The kanji 滅 means "to destroy," "to ruin," or "to extinguish." The verb 滅びる is formed from this kanji plus the verb ending.