没ぼっする

suru verb (special), intransitive verb

sink; go down; set

Only when written 没する

Intransitive; used for celestial bodies setting, or objects sinking below a surface. Often in literary or formal contexts.

• 太たい陽ようが西にしの山やまに没ぼっした。

  The sun set behind the western mountains.

• 船ふねは波なみ間まに没ぼっした。

  The ship sank beneath the waves.

suru verb (special), intransitive verb

pass away; die

Formal or literary euphemism for dying. Can be written with 歿する, but 没する is also used.

• 祖そ父ふは昨さく年ねん、静しずかに没ぼっした。

  My grandfather passed away quietly last year.

suru verb (special), intransitive verb

disappear; vanish

Only when written 没する

Intransitive; describes something fading from sight or existence. Literary tone.

• その姿すがたは闇やみに没ぼっした。

  The figure vanished into the darkness.

suru verb (special), transitive verb

confiscate

Only when written 没する

Transitive; formal term for seizure of property by authorities.

• 違い法ほうな商しょう品ひんは税ぜい関かんで没ぼっされる。

  Illegal goods are confiscated at customs.