没する
ぼっする
suru verb
to sink; to set (sun); to be submerged; to die; to pass away; to be absorbed in; to be immersed in
Conjugation
| Affirmative | Negative | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 没する | 没しない |
| Present polite | 没します | 没しません |
| Past | 没した | 没しなかった |
| Past polite | 没しました | 没しませんでした |
| て form | 没して | 没しなくて |
| ている present | 没している | 没していない |
| ている polite | 没しています | 没していません |
| ている past | 没していた | 没していなかった |
| ている past polite | 没していました | 没していませんでした |
| Conditional ば | 没すれば | 没しなければ |
| Conditional たら | 没したら | 没しなかったら |
| Volitional | 没しよう | — |
| Volitional polite | 没しましょう | — |
| Passive | 没される | 没されない |
| Causative | 没させる | 没させない |
| Imperative | 没しろ | 没するな |
1.
to sink; to set (sun); to be submerged
To go below the surface or disappear from view, used in literary contexts for the setting of the sun or the sinking of ships.
2.
to die; to pass away (formal/literary)
A formal and literary way to say that someone has died, commonly used in biographical and historical writing.
3.
to be absorbed in; to be immersed in
To become deeply engrossed in an activity or subject to the point of losing awareness of one's surroundings, most often seen in compounds like 没頭 and 没入.
A literary verb with multiple related meanings, all sharing the core idea of something sinking or disappearing. The character 没 means "to sink" or "to disappear."
Usage
- Sense 1 is mainly literary; in everyday speech, 沈む is more common
- Sense 2 is the formal/biographical way to say someone died; common in historical writing
- Sense 3 appears most often in the compound 没頭する (to be absorbed in) and 没入する (to be immersed in)
Common collocations
- 日が没する: the sun sets
- 没年: year of death
- 没後: after someone's death; posthumously
- 没頭する: to be absorbed in
- 没入する: to be immersed in
- 埋没する: to be buried; to fall into obscurity