埋没|まいぼつmaibotsu[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbbeing buried
  2. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbremaining unknown; being forgotten
  3. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbbeing absorbed (e.g. in research); being immersed
    彼かれはすっかり家庭かてい生活せいかつに埋没まいぼつしていて働はたらく気きがない。↗
    He is totally immersed in family life and has no wish to work.
Conjugation
Dictionary form埋没する(まいぼつする)
Polite (masu)埋没します(まいぼつします)
Negative (nai)埋没しない(まいぼつしない)
polite (masen)埋没しません(まいぼつしません)
classical zu / nu埋没せず・埋没せぬ(まいぼつせず・まいぼつせぬ)
Past (ta)埋没した(まいぼつした)
polite (mashita)埋没しました(まいぼつしました)
Past negative (nakatta)埋没しなかった(まいぼつしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)埋没しませんでした(まいぼつしませんでした)
Te form埋没して(まいぼつして)
Potential埋没できる(まいぼつできる)
Passive埋没される(まいぼつされる)
Causative埋没させる(まいぼつさせる)
Causative passive埋没させられる(まいぼつさせられる)
Conditional (ba)埋没すれば(まいぼつすれば)
tara埋没したら(まいぼつしたら)
Volitional埋没しよう(まいぼつしよう)
polite (mashou)埋没しましょう(まいぼつしましょう)
Imperative埋没しろ(まいぼつしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Antonym露出ろしゅつNeutralAntonym: exposure; what was hidden comes into view or gets media coverage — the reverse of being buried and unseen, as with 「埋没」.
  • Antonym発掘はっくつNeutralAntonym: excavation; digging up what is buried, or unearthing hidden talent — the reverse of 「埋没」, where things or people stay buried.

Use 「埋没」 for being buried out of sight, talent going unrecognized, or being absorbed in something, as in 「土砂に埋没」「才能が埋没する」; 「発掘」 and 「露出」 are its opposites.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 埋うずもれて見みえなくなること。
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