蒸発|じょうはつjouhatsu[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N2approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbevaporation
    露ろは太陽たいようが昇のぼると蒸発じょうはつした。↗
    The dew evaporated when the sun rose.
  2. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbdisappearance (of a person); vanishing without a trace
    聞ききましたわよ。ご両親りょうしんが借金しゃっきんを残のこして蒸発じょうはつしたそうですわね。↗
    I've heard about it. Your parents disappeared, running out on their debt didn't they?
Conjugation
Dictionary form蒸発する(じょうはつする)
Polite (masu)蒸発します(じょうはつします)
Negative (nai)蒸発しない(じょうはつしない)
polite (masen)蒸発しません(じょうはつしません)
classical zu / nu蒸発せず・蒸発せぬ(じょうはつせず・じょうはつせぬ)
Past (ta)蒸発した(じょうはつした)
polite (mashita)蒸発しました(じょうはつしました)
Past negative (nakatta)蒸発しなかった(じょうはつしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)蒸発しませんでした(じょうはつしませんでした)
Te form蒸発して(じょうはつして)
Potential蒸発できる(じょうはつできる)
Passive蒸発される(じょうはつされる)
Causative蒸発させる(じょうはつさせる)
Causative passive蒸発させられる(じょうはつさせられる)
Conditional (ba)蒸発すれば(じょうはつすれば)
tara蒸発したら(じょうはつしたら)
Volitional蒸発しよう(じょうはつしよう)
polite (mashou)蒸発しましょう(じょうはつしましょう)
Imperative蒸発しろ(じょうはつしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym気化きかWrittenA written-style noun for a liquid turning into gas — the physics/chemistry term. Unlike 「蒸発」, it is never used for a person disappearing.
  • Synonym失跡しっせきWrittenA written noun for someone's whereabouts becoming unknown or absconding; in daily speech 「失踪」 or 「行方不明」 is used.
  • Synonym失踪しっそうNeutralA noun for a person going missing, whereabouts unknown — the formal term; 「蒸発」 is the colloquial equivalent.
  • Related消えるきえるNeutralNeutral and by far the broadest of these words: anything disappearing, going out or fading, e.g. 「火が消える」.
  • RelatedなくなるNeutralNeutral verb for things being lost or used up; the point is that something is no longer there. Very common in speech.
  • Related失せるうせるNeutralNeutral verb for vanishing, but also used rudely to order someone off, as in 「とっとと失せろ」.
  • Related掻き消えるかききえるNeutralVanishing all at once without a trace; a word with a literary flavour.
  • Antonym凝縮ぎょうしゅくWrittenA written noun for gas condensing into liquid, or for condensing and concentrating something; the opposite of 「蒸発」.
  • Antonym結露けつろNeutralA noun for water vapour condensing into droplets on a surface — the reverse of 「蒸発」.

Use 「蒸発」 for a liquid turning into vapour or for a person vanishing without a trace. For the physics sense prefer 「気化」; to report someone missing formally use 「失踪」; for disappearing in general use 「消える」; for the reverse process use 「凝縮」 or 「結露」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 液体えきたいの表面ひょうめんが気化きかする現象げんしょう。
  2. 行方ゆくえを眩くらますこと。不意ふいに姿すがたを消けすこと。
  3. 液体えきたいの表面ひょうめんが気化きかする。
  4. 語義ごぎ1より転てんじて、行方ゆくえを眩くらます。
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