Kanji

没

没

drown, sink, hide, fall into, disappear, die

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

7 strokes

Radical

水部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ボツ, モツ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

おぼれる, しずむ, ない

Common Readings

ボツ

Example sentences

没頭 ぼっとう
彼は昼夜を問わず研究に没頭している。

He is immersed in his research day and night.

我 われ
我を忘れて作業に没頭した。

I forgot myself and became absorbed in the work.

没収 ぼっしゅう
不法な品物が税関で没収された。

Illegal goods were confiscated at customs.

出没 しゅつぼつ
最近、この近くの山にクマが出没するというニュースを聞いた。

I heard news that bears have been appearing in the mountains near here lately.

通り魔 とおりま
最近、この近くで通り魔が出没したというニュースを聞いて、とても不安になった。

I felt very anxious after hearing the news that a random attacker had appeared recently near here.

没落 ぼつらく
その貴族の家系は時代の変化とともに没落した

That aristocratic family declined with the changing times.

一族 いちぞく
その古い館には、没落した一族が住んでいた。

In that old mansion lived a fallen clan.

埋没 まいぼつ
その古代の遺跡は長い間、砂に埋没していた

The ancient ruins were buried in sand for a long time.

沈没 ちんぼつ
その船は嵐で沈没した

That ship sank in the storm.

藻屑 もくず
嵐によって船は沈没し、乗組員は全員海の藻屑となった。

The ship sank in the storm, and all crew members were lost at sea.

Example Vocabulary

没頭

ぼっとう

immersion; devotion; to be absorbed in

没収

ぼっしゅう

confiscation; seizure; forfeiture

出没

しゅつぼつ

appearance and disappearance; frequenting; appearing

没落

ぼつらく

downfall; ruin; collapse

日没

にちぼつ

陥没

かんぼつ

神出鬼没

しんしゅつきぼつ

埋没

まいぼつ

burial; being buried; obscurity

沈没

ちんぼつ

sinking; foundering

水没

すいぼつ

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