消滅|しょうめつshoumetsu[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbextinction; extinguishment; disappearance; vanishing; termination; lapse
    虎とらは消滅しょうめつしかかっている種族しゅぞくである。↗
    The tiger is a vanishing species.
  2. noun, suru verb, intransitive verb, physicsannihilation
Conjugation
Dictionary form消滅する(しょうめつする)
Polite (masu)消滅します(しょうめつします)
Negative (nai)消滅しない(しょうめつしない)
polite (masen)消滅しません(しょうめつしません)
classical zu / nu消滅せず・消滅せぬ(しょうめつせず・しょうめつせぬ)
Past (ta)消滅した(しょうめつした)
polite (mashita)消滅しました(しょうめつしました)
Past negative (nakatta)消滅しなかった(しょうめつしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)消滅しませんでした(しょうめつしませんでした)
Te form消滅して(しょうめつして)
Potential消滅できる(しょうめつできる)
Passive消滅される(しょうめつされる)
Causative消滅させる(しょうめつさせる)
Causative passive消滅させられる(しょうめつさせられる)
Conditional (ba)消滅すれば(しょうめつすれば)
tara消滅したら(しょうめつしたら)
Volitional消滅しよう(しょうめつしよう)
polite (mashou)消滅しましょう(しょうめつしましょう)
Imperative消滅しろ(しょうめつしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym消失しょうしつWrittenWritten style: simply disappearing, as in 「データの消失」. 「消滅」 suggests the ending of rights, organizations, and the like.
  • Synonym滅亡めつぼうWrittenWritten style: the fall or ruin of a nation or people. 「消滅」 is broader, covering even the lapse of rights.
  • Synonym消えるきえるNeutralThe everyday word for disappearing or going out, and by far the most common. 「消滅」 is a written-style noun.
  • SynonymなくなるNeutralFor things being lost, missing, or used up. 「消滅」 implies a complete demise.
  • Synonym消え失せるきえうせるCasualColloquial: to vanish without a trace, or to die. 「消滅」 is the more formal word for something ceasing to exist.
  • Synonym掻き消えるかききえるCasualColloquial: a sound or light suddenly vanishing. 「消滅」 is for things ceasing to exist completely.
  • Synonym消散しょうさんWrittenWritten style: dispersing or melting away like smoke. 「消滅」 suggests outright termination.
  • Related吹き飛ぶふきとぶNeutralTo be blown away or vanish in an instant, as in 「疲れが吹き飛ぶ」. 「消滅」 is about no longer existing.
  • Related吹っ飛ぶふっとぶCasualColloquial: to be blown violently away or vanish all at once. 「消滅」 is the more formal choice.
  • Related消し去るけしさるWrittenWritten style and transitive: to actively erase or wipe something out completely. 「消滅」 is intransitive: something ceases to exist, whatever the cause.
  • Antonym発生はっせいWrittenWritten style: the occurrence or generation of something; the opposite of 「消滅」.
  • Antonym出現しゅつげんWrittenWritten style: the appearance or emergence of something; the opposite of 「消滅」.
  • Antonym存続そんぞくWrittenWritten style: continuing to exist; the direct opposite of 「消滅」.

Use 「消滅」 for things, rights, or organizations ceasing to exist, as in 「権利の消滅」. For everyday disappearing, pick 「消える」; for data, 「消失」; for the fall of a nation, 「滅亡」. The opposites are 「発生」 and 「存続」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 消きえて無なくなること。
  2. 交際こうさいや交遊こうゆうがおわること。
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