埋まい没ぼつ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

being buried; being covered

Physical burial under earth, sand, snow, rubble, etc. Often used in news reports about landslides, avalanches, or accidents.

• 雪崩なだれで家いえが埋まい没ぼつした。

  The house was buried by the avalanche.

• 遺い跡せきは長ながい間あいだ、土ど砂しゃに埋まい没ぼつしていた。

  The ruins had been buried under earth and sand for a long time.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

remaining unknown; being forgotten; falling into obscurity

Figurative use: a person, work, or fact is overlooked, unrecognized, or lost to public memory. Often used with 歴史に埋没する or 世間に埋没する.

• 彼かれの功こう績せきは歴れき史しに埋まい没ぼつしてしまった。

  His achievements have been lost to history.

• 才さい能のうがありながら、世せ間けんに埋まい没ぼつしている人ひとは多おおい。

  Many talented people remain unknown to the world.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

being absorbed; being immersed

Used when someone is deeply engrossed in an activity, especially research or study. Often appears as 研究に埋没する.

• 彼かれは研けん究きゅうに埋まい没ぼつして、食しょく事じも忘わすれていた。

  He was so absorbed in his research that he forgot to eat.