忘却|ぼうきゃくboukyaku[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verblapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 忘却する(ぼうきゃくする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 忘却します(ぼうきゃくします) |
| Negative (nai) | 忘却しない(ぼうきゃくしない) |
| polite (masen) | 忘却しません(ぼうきゃくしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 忘却せず・忘却せぬ(ぼうきゃくせず・ぼうきゃくせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 忘却した(ぼうきゃくした) |
| polite (mashita) | 忘却しました(ぼうきゃくしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 忘却しなかった(ぼうきゃくしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 忘却しませんでした(ぼうきゃくしませんでした) |
| Te form | 忘却して(ぼうきゃくして) |
| Potential | 忘却できる(ぼうきゃくできる) |
| Passive | 忘却される(ぼうきゃくされる) |
| Causative | 忘却させる(ぼうきゃくさせる) |
| Causative passive | 忘却させられる(ぼうきゃくさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 忘却すれば(ぼうきゃくすれば) |
| tara | 忘却したら(ぼうきゃくしたら) |
| Volitional | 忘却しよう(ぼうきゃくしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 忘却しましょう(ぼうきゃくしましょう) |
| Imperative | 忘却しろ(ぼうきゃくしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym忘れるわすれるNeutralThe everyday word; memory fading or leaving something behind. It stands in for 「忘却」 in normal speech.
- Synonym忘失ぼうしつWrittenWritten and rare; stresses forgetting and thereby losing something, and is stiffer than 「忘却」.
- Synonym失念しつねんWrittenWritten; forgetting an important matter through a momentary lapse, typical in business apologies.
- Related置き忘れるおきわすれるNeutralLeaving an object somewhere and forgetting to take it; about things, not memory like 「忘却」.
- Related葬るほうむるWrittenWritten; to bury the dead, or figuratively to hush a matter up so people never learn of it.
- Related葬り去るほうむりさるWrittenWritten; deliberately consigning something to oblivion, with more human intent than 「忘却」.
- Antonym記憶きおくNeutralKeeping something in mind rather than forgetting it; the direct opposite of 「忘却」.
- Antonym想起そうきWrittenWritten; recalling a past event, the reverse of the forgetting expressed by 「忘却」.
Use 「忘却」 for forgetting completely or fading into oblivion; written/formal, as in 「忘却の彼方」 or 「忘却する」. In daily speech say 「忘れる」; for business lapses use 「失念」. The opposite is 「記憶」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only


