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    3. 忘却

    忘却

    忘ぼう却きゃく

    lapse of memory

    KMT10News #43+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab14 strokes

    ぼうきゃく

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    lapse of memory, forgetting completely, (consigning to) oblivion

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    彼かれはその辛つらい記き憶おくを忘ぼう却きゃくしようとした。

    He tried to consign that painful memory to oblivion.

    KMT8Emotions & Psychology
    時じ間かんが経たつにつれて、その出で来き事ごとは人ひと々びとの記き憶おくから忘ぼう却きゃくされていった。

    As time passed, that event was forgotten from people's memories.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyHistory
    過か去この過あやまちを忘ぼう却きゃくすることは、同おなじ失しっ敗ぱいを繰くり返かえす原げん因いんとなる。

    Forgetting past mistakes can lead to repeating the same failures.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyHistory
    彼かれの作さく品ひんは、時ときの流ながれの中なかで忘ぼう却きゃくされることなく、今いまも多おおくの人ひとに読よまれている。

    His works, without being consigned to oblivion over time, are still read by many people today.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyLiterature
    現げん代だい社しゃ会かいでは、情じょう報ほうが多おおすぎて、重じゅう要ようなことさえすぐに忘もう却きゃくされてしまう。

    In modern society, there is too much information, and even important things are quickly forgotten.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyTechnologyDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    忘
    わす.れる…(1)
    forget
    却
    かえ.って・しりぞ.く・しりぞ.ける…(1)
    instead・on the contrary・rather・step back・withdraw…(1)
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