忘却

See also: 忘卻

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 忘却 – see 忘卻 (“to forget”). (This term is the simplified form of 忘卻).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
忘	却
ぼう Grade: 6	きゃく Grade: S
kan'on

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぼーきゃく [bòókyákú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [bo̞ːkʲa̠kɯ̟]

Noun

忘(ぼう)却(きゃく) • (bōkyaku) ^{←ばうきやく (baukyaku)^?}

oblivion
忘(ぼう)却(きゃく)の都(みやこ)　レミューリア
Bōkyaku no Miyako Remyūria
Lemuria, the Forgotten City

Verb

忘(ぼう)却(きゃく)する • (bōkyaku suru) ^{←ばうきやく (baukyaku)^?}transitive suru (stem 忘(ぼう)却(きゃく)し (bōkyaku shi), past 忘(ぼう)却(きゃく)した (bōkyaku shita))

to forget
Synonym: 忘れる (wasureru)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "忘却する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	忘却し	ぼうきゃくし	bōkyaku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	忘却し	ぼうきゃくし	bōkyaku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	忘却する	ぼうきゃくする	bōkyaku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	忘却する	ぼうきゃくする	bōkyaku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	忘却すれ	ぼうきゃくすれ	bōkyaku sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	忘却せよ¹ 忘却しろ²	ぼうきゃくせよ¹ ぼうきゃくしろ²	bōkyaku seyo¹ bōkyaku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	忘却される	ぼうきゃくされる	bōkyaku sareru
Causative	忘却させる忘却さす	ぼうきゃくさせるぼうきゃくさす	bōkyaku saseru bōkyaku sasu
Potential	忘却できる	ぼうきゃくできる	bōkyaku dekiru
Volitional	忘却しよう	ぼうきゃくしよう	bōkyaku shiyō
Negative	忘却しない	ぼうきゃくしない	bōkyaku shinai
Negative continuative	忘却せず	ぼうきゃくせず	bōkyaku sezu
Formal	忘却します	ぼうきゃくします	bōkyaku shimasu
Perfective	忘却した	ぼうきゃくした	bōkyaku shita
Conjunctive	忘却して	ぼうきゃくして	bōkyaku shite
Hypothetical conditional	忘却すれば	ぼうきゃくすれば	bōkyaku sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“忘却”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
忘	却

Noun

忘却 • (manggak) (hangeul 망각)

hanja form^? of 망각 (“a lapse of memory; oblivion”)