滅(ほろ)ぶ

ほろぶ
verb (godan)
to perish; to fall; to die out
自動詞 intransitiveformalliteraryexistencehistory
See also: 滅(ほろ)ぼす (transitive pair), 滅(ほろ)びる (ichidan form, same meaning)
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present滅(ほろ)ぶ滅(ほろ)ばない
Present polite滅(ほろ)びます滅(ほろ)びません
Past滅(ほろ)んだ滅(ほろ)ばなかった
Past polite滅(ほろ)びました滅(ほろ)びませんでした
て form滅(ほろ)んで滅(ほろ)ばなくて
ている present滅(ほろ)んでいる滅(ほろ)んでいない
ている polite滅(ほろ)んでいます滅(ほろ)んでいません
ている past滅(ほろ)んでいた滅(ほろ)んでいなかった
ている past polite滅(ほろ)んでいました滅(ほろ)んでいませんでした
Conditional ば滅(ほろ)べば滅(ほろ)ばなければ
Conditional たら滅(ほろ)んだら滅(ほろ)ばなかったら
Volitional滅(ほろ)ぼう—
Volitional polite滅(ほろ)びましょう—
Potential滅(ほろ)べる滅(ほろ)べない
Passive滅(ほろ)ばれる滅(ほろ)ばれない
Causative滅(ほろ)ばせる滅(ほろ)ばせない
Imperative滅(ほろ)べ滅(ほろ)ぶな
1. to perish; to be destroyed; to die out
Of a country, a family, a species or a culture: to come to an end and disappear. A godan variant of 滅(ほろ)びる with the same meaning.
国(くに)が滅(ほろ)ぶ。
A nation falls.
Why did the dinosaurs die out?
The clan, drunk on power, eventually destroyed itself through internal strife.

滅(ほろ)ぶ (godan) and 滅(ほろ)びる (ichidan) mean the same thing. 滅(ほろ)びる is the standard form; 滅(ほろ)ぶ sounds more literary and is common in titles and set phrases. The past tense is 滅(ほろ)んだ (from 滅(ほろ)ぶ) or 滅(ほろ)びた (from 滅(ほろ)びる).

Transitivity

Intransitive. Transitive pair: 滅(ほろ)ぼす (to destroy, to ruin).

Common collocations