Chinese

Verb

破滅

1. to be shattered; to be annihilated (of hope, illusions, etc.)

   所有的希望都破滅了。 [MSC, trad.]

   所有的希望都破灭了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Suǒyǒu de xīwàng dōu pòmiè le. [Pinyin]

   All hopes were extinct.

Japanese

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) はめつ [hàmétsú] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ha̠me̞t͡sɯᵝ]

Noun

破滅 ‎(hiragana はめつ, romaji hametsu)

1. destruction

   それでは破滅 (はめつ)の道 (みち)をたどるしかない。

   Sore de wa hametsu no michi o tadoru shika nai.

   That only leads to destruction.

References

1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3