失跡|しっせきshisseki[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbabsconding; disappearance
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 失跡する（しっせきする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 失跡します（しっせきします） |
| Negative (nai) | 失跡しない（しっせきしない） |
| polite (masen) | 失跡しません（しっせきしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 失跡せず・失跡せぬ（しっせきせず・しっせきせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 失跡した（しっせきした） |
| polite (mashita) | 失跡しました（しっせきしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 失跡しなかった（しっせきしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 失跡しませんでした（しっせきしませんでした） |
| Te form | 失跡して（しっせきして） |
| Potential | 失跡できる（しっせきできる） |
| Passive | 失跡される（しっせきされる） |
| Causative | 失跡させる（しっせきさせる） |
| Causative passive | 失跡させられる（しっせきさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 失跡すれば（しっせきすれば） |
| tara | 失跡したら（しっせきしたら） |
| Volitional | 失跡しよう（しっせきしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 失跡しましょう（しっせきしましょう） |
| Imperative | 失跡しろ（しっせきしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym失踪しっそうNeutralThe standard word for someone going missing, also a legal term as in 「失踪宣告」; 「失跡」 is a rarer, more literary word for the same idea.
- Synonym蒸発じょうはつNeutralLiterally 'evaporation'; colloquially said of a person suddenly vanishing into thin air. 「失跡」 is a written-style word for going missing.
- Synonym雲隠れくもがくれCasualColloquial: going into hiding, often to dodge responsibility; 「失跡」 is a written-style word for a person's whereabouts becoming unknown.
- Related消え去るきえさるNeutralTo vanish completely, mostly of things and sounds rather than people; 「失跡」 refers specifically to a person's whereabouts becoming unknown.
- Related消えるきえるNeutralThe broadest word for disappearing, covering lights, fires, feelings and more; not specific to a person's whereabouts, unlike 「失跡」.
- RelatedなくなるNeutralTo be lost, gone or used up; not specifically about a person going missing, which is what 「失跡」 means.
- Related消え失せるきえうせるCasualColloquial: to disappear; also used to tell someone off, as in 「消え失せろ」. 「失跡」 refers specifically to a person going missing.
- RelatedドロンCasualColloquial slang for slipping away or making off, as in 「ドロンする」; far more casual than the written-style 「失跡」.
- Related失せるうせるCasualColloquial: to vanish or go away, often with a rough tone, as in 「失せろ」; 「失跡」 is neutral in tone and written in style.
- Related失せ去るうせさるWrittenA written-style word for disappearing, itself rare; not limited to a person's whereabouts becoming unknown.
- Related掻き消えるかききえるWrittenWritten/formal prose: a sound, light or smell suddenly vanishing without a trace; not used for people going missing.
- Antonym発見はっけんNeutralFinding or discovering something — the opposite of 「失跡」, where a person's whereabouts become unknown.
- Antonym出現しゅつげんNeutralAppearing or showing up — the opposite of 「失跡」's sense of vanishing from sight.
For a person whose whereabouts are unknown, 「失踪」 is the standard choice; 「失跡」 is rare and written in style. Colloquially, a person vanishing into thin air is 「蒸発」, and going into hiding is 「雲隠れ」. The opposite is 「発見」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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