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    3. 没

    没

    没ぼつ

    death

    KMT9News #26+1Ref L2Medicine & HealthKanji Vocab7 strokes

    歿

    ぼつ

    Noun, Suffix

    1.
    death

    Noun

    2.
    rejection (of a manuscript, etc.)
    abbreviation

    Prefix

    3.
    lacking, without

    Stroke 0 / 7

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは没ぼつ後ご、有ゆう名めいになった。

    He became famous after his death.

    KMT7Medicine & HealthHistory
    彼かれの没ぼつ年ねんは1980年せんきゅうひゃくはちじゅうねんと記 録 されている。

    His year of death is recorded as 1980.

    KMT8Medicine & HealthHistory
    その小しょう説せつは出しゅっ版ぱん社しゃに没ぼつになった。

    That novel was rejected by the publisher.

    KMT9LiteratureWork & Career
    没ぼつ個こ性せい的てきなデザインは、消しょう費ひ者しゃの心こころに響ひびかない。

    Impersonal designs do not resonate with consumers.

    KMT9Art & DesignBusiness & Finance
    偉い大だいな科か学がく者しゃの没ぼつを惜おしむ声こえが上あがった。

    Voices of regret were raised over the death of the great scientist.

    KMT9Medicine & HealthScience & MathEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    没
    おぼ.れる・しず.む・ない…(2)
    drown・sink・hide・fall into・disappear…(1)
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