滅
Let’s learn Japanese kanji 滅 !
今回の漢字は『滅』です。
滅びゆく文明 - ほろびゆくぶんめい a civilisation on the brink of extinction
敵を滅ぼす - てきをほろぼす to destroy an enemy
不滅な - ふめつな immortal, indestructible
カルタゴはローマに滅ぼされた - カルタゴはローマにほろぼされた Carthage was overthrown by the Roman Empire.
彼は酒と麻薬で身を滅ぼした - かれはさけとまやくでみをほろぼした he ruined himself through drink and drugs
契約は １月２０日に消滅する- けいやくはいちがつはつかにしょうめつする the contract ceases to be effective on January 20th
『鬼滅の刃』- きめつのやいば 'Demon Slayer', popular manga by Gotōge Koyoharu 吾峠呼世晴
諺
Japanese proverb 諺：
国滅びて山河あり - くにほろびてさんがあり The land outlasts the king.
(lit. You can destroy the country, yet its mountains and rivers will remain.)
This proverb originates from the opening line of the famous poem Spring Gazing 春望 by Ancient Chinese poet Du Fu (Tu Fu、杜甫), 712-770. The line goes as follows:
國破山河在
The state broken, its mountains and rivers remain
(translated by Stephen Owen; The Poetry of Du Fu, 2016 (p.258, poem 4.25)