Translation guide
How to express that a negative feeling, illusion, doubt, or fog clears away naturally or through action.
Express that worries, fears, doubts, or misunderstandings vanish, often as a result of new information or a change in perspective.
Intransitive verb meaning 'to clear up', used for weather and metaphorically for negative feelings, doubts, or misunderstandings disappearing. The subject is the feeling itself.
My doubts were dispelled by his explanation.
I'm glad the misunderstanding was cleared up.
Intransitive verb meaning 'to disappear'. Used for feelings, doubts, or illusions vanishing. More general than 晴れる.
My anxiety was dispelled.
The illusion was quickly dispelled.
Intransitive verb meaning 'to be blown away'. Emphasizes a sudden, forceful dispelling of worries or fatigue.
My worries were dispelled by his smile.
Intransitive verb meaning 'to come untied' or 'to be solved'. Used for tension, misunderstandings, or spells being dispelled.
The tension was dispelled.
Express that a magical spell, illusion, or supernatural phenomenon is dispelled or undone.
Intransitive verb for spells, curses, or magic being broken. The subject is the spell itself.
The spell was dispelled.
Intransitive verb meaning 'to be torn' or 'to be broken'. Used for barriers or magical seals being dispelled.
Intransitive verb meaning 'to vanish' or 'to be annihilated'. Formal, used for complete disappearance of magical entities.
The apparition was dispelled.
Express that fog, mist, or clouds dissipate naturally.
English 'be dispelled' is often passive, but Japanese typically uses intransitive verbs where the subject is the thing that disappears. Do not force a passive construction like 払われる unless you mean someone actively dispelled something.
晴れる implies a clearing away of something that was clouding the mind or view, like doubts or fog. 消える simply means disappearance. Use 晴れる for emotional clarity and weather, 消える for general vanishing.
The curse was dispelled.
結界が破れた。
The barrier was dispelled.
The morning mist was dispelled and the mountains came into view.
The clouds were dispelled.