消滅|しょうめつshoumetsu[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbextinction; extinguishment; disappearance; vanishing; termination; lapse
- 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.
- 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」.
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