Word Meaning 絶滅

ぜつめつ zetsumetsu

絶滅 is read as ぜつめつ (zetsumetsu) and means extinction.

Meaning

English

extinction
extermination
eradication
stamping out
wiping out

Reading

Kana

ぜつめつ

Romaji

zetsumetsu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Synonyms 絶え果てる,絶える Rank 14719 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

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絶滅収容所

ぜつめつしゅうようじょ

extermination camp

絶滅危機

ぜつめつきき

endangerment (of a species)

絶滅危険種

ぜつめつきけんしゅ

endangered species

絶滅種

ぜつめつしゅ

extinct species

絶滅寸前

ぜつめつすんぜん

Critically Endangered (conservation status)

野生絶滅

やせいぜつめつ

Extinct in the Wild (conservation status)

大量絶滅

たいりょうぜつめつ

extinction event

大絶滅

たいぜつめつ

mass extinction

絶滅危惧種

ぜつめつきぐしゅ

endangered species

絶滅危惧

ぜつめつきぐ

threatened (species)

準絶滅危惧

じゅんぜつめつきぐ

near-threatened (species)

絶句

ぜっく

jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)

Example Sentences

恐竜はずっと昔に絶滅した。

きょうりゅうはずっとむかしにぜつめつした。

Dinosaurs became extinct long ago.