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kanji
滅Meaning
Ruin, Destroy
Reading
kunyomiほろhoro
onyomiめつmetsu
Parts
氵Water (水)烕
Example Word
滅多: rare. The Japanese adjectival noun '滅多 (めった)' means 'rare' and is often used in negative constructions to indicate that something seldom happens. It is commonly paired with the negative form of verbs to express infrequency. For example: I rarely go there「滅多に行かない」(めったにいかない). He rarely gets angry「彼は滅多に怒らない」(かれはめったにおこらない). The word is typically used in formal or written contexts and carries a nuance of something being unusual or exceptional.
Radical
水
Stroke Count
13JLPT
N1Grade
8Frequency
839
Handwriting