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失せ去る (うせさる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

失うせ去さる

Meanings

1

godan verb (-ru)

disappear; vanish; be gone

Emphatic or literary way to say something disappears completely or is gone for good. Often implies a sudden or thorough vanishing.

彼かれの姿すがたは闇やみの中なかに失うせ去さった。
His figure vanished into the darkness.
その記き憶おくはもう失

う

せ

去さ

っ

て

しまっ

た

。

That memory has completely disappeared.

Kanji

失lose, error, fault
去gone, past, quit

Similar words

消きえる
消える is the common, neutral word for 'disappear'. 失せ去る is more emphatic and literary, suggesting a complete or dramatic vanishing.
失うせる
失せる is a shorter, more casual or blunt verb for 'disappear' or 'get lost'. 失せ去る adds the sense of going away completely.

Etymology

Compound of 失せる (useru, 'disappear') and 去る (saru, 'leave'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination intensifies the meaning of vanishing.