しょうめつ
Shoumetsu
消滅 (Shoumetsu) is a Japanese noun meaning “extinction, extinguishment, disappearance, vanishing”.
Meanings
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbextinction; extinguishment; disappearance; vanishing; termination; lapse
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbannihilation
Examples
その国は消滅した。
The nation ceased to exist.
古い伝統が消滅しつつある。
Old traditions are crumbling away.
虎は消滅しかかっている種族である。
The tiger is a vanishing species.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).