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出没 (しゅつぼつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
appearing and disappearing ; frequenting ; haunting
Describes someone or something that appears repeatedly or unpredictably in a place, often with a nuance of coming and going. Common in news and literary contexts.
クマ の 出しゅつ 没ぼつ 情じょう 報ほう が 相あい 次つ い で いる 。
There have been a series of reports of bear sightings.
Similar words 出しゅつ 現げん 出現 means simply 'appearance' or 'emergence', without the nuance of repeated coming and going or disappearance.
出しゅつ 没ぼつ 自じ 在ざい A set phrase meaning 'appearing and disappearing at will', often used for ninja or elusive characters.
Etymology Compound of 出 (しゅつ, 'go out') and 没 (ぼつ, 'sink, disappear'). The combination conveys the idea of appearing and then vanishing.
