Word Meaning 忘却

ぼうきゃく boukyaku

忘却 is read as ぼうきゃく (boukyaku) and means lapse of memory.

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

ぼうきゃく

Romaji

boukyaku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Antonyms 記憶 Rank 8126 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

棄却

ききゃく

rejection

返却

へんきゃく

return of something

売却

ばいきゃく

selling off

退却

たいきゃく

retreat

冷却

れいきゃく

cooling

償却

しょうきゃく

depreciation

減価償却

げんかしょうきゃく

depreciation

脱却

だっきゃく

ridding oneself

焼却

しょうきゃく

incineration

任意売却

にんいばいきゃく

off-market real estate sale

総退却

そうたいきゃく

full retreat

空気冷却

くうきれいきゃく

air cooling

Example Sentences

1

かこのいやなできごとをぼうきゃくする.

To forget the unpleasant events of the past.