Productive prefix indicating removal, reversal, departure from, or after a state. Often corresponds to English de-, dis-, ex-, or post-.
Aim for a decarbonized society.
Quit being a salaryman and started a business.
Some regions are undergoing deindustrialization.
From the kanji 脱 (escape, remove). Used as a prefix in modern Japanese to form compounds with the sense of removal or departure.
dehydration; removal of water; desiccation · spin-drying; spin cycle · dehydration; abnormal loss of body water
deviation; departure; straying from a norm · accidental omission; missing text
escape from; get out of; break free from
tax evasion
undressing; taking off clothes; stripping
defecation; bowel movement
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
molting; shedding skin; ecdysis · breaking free; casting off; shedding (old self)
dislocation
removing one's hat; taking off one's hat · admiring greatly; taking one's hat off to
evasion of the law; circumvention of the law
omitted character; missing letter
attaching and detaching; putting on and taking off
liberation from earthly desires; moksha; spiritual deliverance
withdrawal from membership; leaving an organization
quitting a salaryman job; leaving corporate life to start a business
decolorization; bleaching
deodorization; deodorizing
attaching and detaching; putting on and taking off; installing and removing · desorption
threshing
lethargy; despondency; mental numbness · physical collapse; prostration