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    3. 埋没

    埋没

    埋まい没ぼつ

    being buried

    KMT10News #44+1Ref L2Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab17 strokes

    まいぼつ

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    being buried
    2.
    remaining unknown, being forgotten
    3.
    being absorbed (e.g. in research), being immersed

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    土ど砂しゃ崩くずれで家いえが埋まい没ぼつした。

    The house was buried by a landslide.

    KMT7Nature & EnvironmentHome & Housing
    才さい能のうが埋まい没ぼつすることなく、世よに出でることを願ねがう。

    I hope that talent will not remain buried and will come to light.

    KMT10Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれは研けん究きゅうに没ぼっ頭とうし、自じ己こが埋まい没ぼつするほどであった。

    He was so absorbed in his research that his self was buried.

    KMT10EducationEmotions & Psychology
    火か山ざん灰ばいに埋まい没ぼつした古こ代だい都と市しが発はっ掘くつされた。

    An ancient city buried in volcanic ash was excavated.

    KMT10Nature & EnvironmentHistory
    彼かれの功こう績せきは、歴れき史しの闇やみに埋まい没ぼつすることなく語かたり継つがれるべきだ。

    His achievements should be passed down through generations without being buried in the darkness of history.

    KMT10HistoryLiterature

    Kanji that make up this word

    埋
    う.める・う.まる・う.もれる・うず.める・うず.まる・い.ける…(1)
    bury・be filled up・embedded
    没
    おぼ.れる・しず.む・ない…(2)
    drown・sink・hide・fall into・disappear…(1)
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