Meaning of 破滅 in Japanese

Definition of 破滅

はめつ(hametsu) 【破滅】

お世辞おせじに乗せられると、身みの破滅はめつを招くまねく。

When the flatterer pipes, then the devil dances.

彼かれを破滅はめつさせたのは彼のかれ病気びょうきというよりも、むしろ彼のかれ怠惰たいだである。

It is not his illness that ruined him so much as his idleness.

彼かれを破滅はめつさせたのはばくちであった。

It was gambling that brought about his ruin.

It was gambling that brought about his ruin.

彼のかれ事業は破滅はめつしするかかっているとの噂うわさだ。

I hear his business is on the verge of ruin.

His luck has changed, he is going to the dogs, but no one even lifts a finger to help him.

彼かれに破滅はめつをもたらしたのは賭け事かけごとだった。

It was gambling that brought about his ruin.

将軍しょうぐんは難局なんきょくに敢然と立ち向かい、自軍じぐんを破滅はめつから救った。

The general took the bull by the horns and saved his army from disaster.

If this organization is left as it is, it will soon go bankrupt; its recovery is as difficult as swapping horses while crossing a stream.

おごりは破滅はめつに先立つさきだつ。

Pride comes before a fall.