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没

Discard

Meaning

Discard, Reject, Death

Word Type

independent noun, in compounds

Explanation

When a plant or an animal dies you have to discard it. You can't just keep it sitting around the house after death, that's weird.

Reading

ぼつ

Explanation

This has the same reading as the kanji you learned, meaning you know the reading!

Context

Patterns of Use

Common Word Combinations

  • 没になる

    to be discarded, to be turned down

    没にされる

    to be discarded

    没にする

    to discard

  • 没個性

    lack of individuality or personality

    没年齢

    age of death

    没年月日

    date of death

  • 第四回で没

    died in the forth episode

    江戸で没

    died in Edo

    五十八歳で没

    died at the age of fifty-eight

Context Sentences

こないだの原稿は没になってしまった。

The manuscript was rejected the other day.

申し訳ありませんが、この案は一旦没にしてください。

I'm sorry, but I'm afraid you're going to have to discard this idea for now.

その歌手は、2015年12月1日没、とされているが、真相は定かではない。

The singer is said to have died on December 1, 2015, but the facts are not clear.

Kanji Composition