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ほろぶ
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, ぶ, intransitive)
1. to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct; to perish
Alt. forms
滅ほろぶ
95%
亡ほろぶ
3%
ほろぶ
1%
Pitch accent
ほ
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ぶ
ほ
ろぶ
Conjugations...Used in: 50
Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
women should not rule over men; it is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock; a whistling woman and a crowing hen are neither fit for God nor men; (lit.) when the hen crows, the house falls to ruin