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忘却 (boukyaku) Japanese meaning: forgetting completely | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 忘却する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 忘ぼう 却きゃく する 忘ぼう 却きゃく しない Polite 忘ぼう 却きゃく します 忘ぼう 却きゃく しません Past polite 忘ぼう 却きゃく しました 忘ぼう 却きゃく しませんでした Past 忘ぼう 却きゃく した 忘ぼう 却きゃく しなかった Te-form 忘ぼう 却きゃく して 忘ぼう 却きゃく しないで Desire 忘ぼう 却きゃく したい 忘ぼう 却きゃく したくない Potential 忘ぼう 却きゃく できる 忘ぼう 却きゃく できない Passive 忘ぼう 却きゃく される 忘ぼう 却きゃく されない Causative 忘ぼう 却きゃく させる 忘ぼう 却きゃく させない Causative passive 忘ぼう 却きゃく させられる 忘ぼう 却きゃく させられない Volitional 忘ぼう 却きゃく しよう Polite volitional 忘ぼう 却きゃく しましょう Imperative 忘ぼう 却きゃく しろ 忘ぼう 却きゃく するな Conditional 忘ぼう 却きゃく すれば 忘ぼう 却きゃく しなければ Tara conditional 忘ぼう 却きゃく したら 忘ぼう 却きゃく しなかったら
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ぜん
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忘ぼう
却きゃく
し
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た
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He had completely forgotten the incident.
We must not consign the memory of the war to oblivion.
The writer's name disappeared into oblivion.
Expressions 忘ぼう 却きゃく の 彼か 方なた obscurity; dustbin of history; long-forgotten memory Kanji 却 instead, on the contrary, rather Related words 忘れる is the everyday verb for forgetting something, while 忘却 is a formal, often literary noun/suru-verb for the act of forgetting completely.
失念 is a polite, often apologetic word for having forgotten something specific, whereas 忘却 emphasizes complete loss from memory or oblivion in general.
記憶喪失 refers to amnesia as a medical or psychological condition, while 忘却 is the more general act or state of forgetting or being forgotten.
忘却 is a formal, often literary or psychological term for forgetting, while 物忘れ describes everyday, minor memory lapses.
Opposites 記憶 means memory or remembering, the direct conceptual opposite of 忘却, which means forgetting or oblivion.
忘却 means forgetting, the direct opposite of 想起, which means calling something back to mind.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound written with 忘, associated with forgetting, and 却, associated with putting away or casting off. The spelling reflects the meaning, but this is a practical component explanation rather than a detailed historical derivation.
