uneven fading; patchy disappearance; remaining in spots
Describes a state where something (color, pattern, etc.) fades or disappears unevenly, leaving spots or patches. Often used for fabric, prints, or coatings.
This shirt got patchy fading from washing.
壁紙の色が斑消えしている。
The wallpaper color is fading unevenly.
Standard kanji spelling; 斑 means 'unevenness' or 'spots', and 消え means 'disappearing'.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; sometimes used for clarity or when the kanji 斑 is considered difficult.
Compound of 斑 (むら, 'unevenness, spots') and 消え (ぎえ, the nominalized form of 消える 'to disappear'). The reading ぎえ is a rendaku form of きえ.