消滅
しょうめつ
shoumetsu
JMdict entry #1350380
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suruintransitive verb extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; vanishing; termination; lapse
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suruintransitive verb physics annihilation
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Example sentences
破壊の結果、毎日５０種類もの野生の動植物が消滅していると見積もられている。
hakai no kekka 、 mainichi fifutexii shurui mo no yasei no doushokubutsu ga shoumetsu shi te iru to mitsumora re te iru 。
It has been estimated that, as a result of the destruction, fifty species of wildlife are disappearing from the earth each day.
赤道近くの狭い地域にある熱帯雨林は、急速にその姿を消しつつあり、２０００年までにはその８０％が消滅してしまうかもしれない。
sekidou chikaku no semai chiiki ni aru nettai urin ha 、 kyuusoku ni sono sugata wo keshi tsutsu ari 、 ２０００ nen made ni ha sono ８０ paasento ga shoumetsu shi te shimau ka mo shire nai 。
The tropical rainforests, located in a narrow region near the equator, are disappearing so fast that by the year 2000 eighty percent of them may be gone.
虎は消滅しかかっている種族である。
tora ha shoumetsu shi kakaxtsu te iru shuzoku de aru 。
The tiger is a vanishing species.
古い伝統が消滅しつつある。
furui dentou ga shoumetsu shi tsutsu aru 。
Old traditions are crumbling away.
もし太陽が消滅したら、生物は皆死ぬだろう。
moshi taiyou ga shoumetsu shi tara 、 seibutsu ha mina shinu darou 。
If the sun were to go out, all living things would die.
もし酸素がなかったら、すべての動物はとうに消滅していただろう。
moshi sanso ga nakaxtsu tara 、 subete no doubutsu ha tou ni shoumetsu shi te i ta darou 。
Without oxygen, all animals would have disappeared long ago.