没ぼつ

noun, noun, used as a suffix

death; passing

Formal or literary term for death, often used in compounds or official contexts. The variant kanji 歿 is rare and specific to this meaning.

• 彼かれの没ぼつ後ご、多おおくの追つい悼とう文ぶんが発はっ表ぴょうされた。

  After his death, many tributes were published.

• この作さっ家かの没ぼつ後ご、評ひょう価かが高たかまった。

  This writer's reputation grew after his death.

noun

rejection; refusal

Only when written 没

Abbreviation of 没書 (rejected manuscript) or related terms. Used in publishing and editorial contexts to mean a submission has been turned down. Often written in katakana as ボツ in informal settings.

See also: ボツ · 没書 (ぼっしょ)

• 企き画かく書しょが没ぼつになってしまった。

  The proposal was rejected.

• 編へん集しゅう部ぶから原げん稿こうの没ぼつを言いい渡わたされた。

  The editorial department informed me of the manuscript's rejection.

prefix

without; lacking; -less

Only when written 没

Prefix used in compounds to indicate absence or lack of something. Common in words like 没個性 (lack of individuality) or 没交渉 (having no connection). Not used as a standalone word.

• 彼かれの作さく品ひんは没ぼつ個こ性せい的てきだと言いわれる。

  His work is said to lack individuality.

• その問もん題だいには没ぼつ交こう渉しょうだ。

  I have nothing to do with that matter.