忘却|ぼうきゃくboukyaku[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. 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.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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

Japanese definitions
  1. すっかり忘わすれてしまうこと。
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