Japanese word

消滅

Pronunciation

Romajishōmetsu

長年続いた祭りは消滅しました。naga nen tsuzu i ta matsu ri wa shō metsu shi ma shi ta

The festival that had continued for many years disappeared.

この地域では、昔からの方言が少しずつ消滅しています。ko no chi iki de wa mukashi ka ra no hō gen ga suko shi zu tsu shō metsu shi te i ma su

In this region, the traditional dialect is gradually disappearing.

Describes something leaving the state of existence entirely, often after gradually fading or being lost.

消失shōshitsu: The vanishing of a person or object from sight or its former place, with existence left uncertain.

存在していたものが、なくなって跡形もなくなること。son zai shi te i ta mo no ga na ku na tte ato kata mo na ku na ru ko to

As a Sino-Japanese compound, 消滅 (shōmetsu) combines 消 (shō, "vanish") and 滅 (metsu, "perish"), giving the sense of something ceasing to exist.

The noun 消滅 (shōmetsu) is formal and can describe the loss of traditions, species, or social systems, not only the disappearance of a physical object.