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表層形
めっきゃく
メッキャク
名詞

めっきゃく (メッキャク)

Mekkyaku · めっきゃく — extinguishment, destruction, effacement

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めっきゃく in rōmaji: mekkyaku.

名詞 普通名詞 サ変可能 *
📝 滅却 🔤 * 📐 *
Updated: 2026年10月8日
📖 Grammar Information
表層形 (Surface)
めっきゃく
見出し語 (Lemma)
滅却
読み (Reading)
メッキャク
品詞 (POS)
名詞・普通名詞・サ変可能・*
活用型 (Conj. Type)
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活用形 (Conj. Form)
*
表記 (Orthography)
めっきゃく
読み・基本形
メッキャク
表記・基本形
めっきゃく
見出し語の読み
メッキャク
💡 English Meaning

めっきゃく means “extinguishment, destruction, effacement” — full definition & examples →

⭐ Dictionary Form

滅却 (メッキャク) — main entry →

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The surface form (めっきゃく) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (滅却) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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