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.
Express that a magical spell, illusion, or supernatural phenomenon is dispelled or undone.
Express that fog, mist, or clouds dissipate naturally.
Intransitive verb for weather clearing up. Used for fog, mist, or clouds dispersing.
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.
Intransitive verb meaning 'to clear up', used for weather and metaphorically for negative feelings, doubts, or misunderstandings disappearing. The subject is the feeling itself.
彼の説明で疑いが晴れた。
My doubts were dispelled by his explanation.
誤解が晴れてよかった。
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.
不安が消えた。
My anxiety was dispelled.
幻想はすぐに消えた。
The illusion was quickly dispelled.
Intransitive verb meaning 'to be blown away'. Emphasizes a sudden, forceful dispelling of worries or fatigue.
彼の笑顔で悩みが吹き飛んだ。
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.
緊張が解けた。
The tension was dispelled.
Intransitive verb for spells, curses, or magic being broken. The subject is the spell itself.
Intransitive verb meaning 'to be torn' or 'to be broken'. Used for barriers or magical seals being dispelled.
結界が破れた。
The barrier was dispelled.
Intransitive verb meaning 'to vanish' or 'to be annihilated'. Formal, used for complete disappearance of magical entities.
幻影は消滅した。
The apparition was dispelled.
霧が晴れた。
The fog was dispelled.
朝もやが晴れて、山が見えた。
The morning mist was dispelled and the mountains came into view.