disappearance
意味一覧 (2件)
消失
解説 Definition
物体・記録・生物種・慣習などが、視界や利用可能な状態から失われる「消失」。人にも使えるが、この語義では存在していたものが環境や社会からなくなる変化に焦点を置く。the disappearance of ... や gradual/sudden disappearance が自然。
Disappearance is the state or event of something no longer being seen, found, or available. It is often used for objects, records, species, customs, or other things that used to exist and then are gone from view or from normal use. It can also be used for people, but in this sense the focus is on the change from being present to no longer being there. Common patterns include the disappearance of something and phrases like sudden disappearance or gradual disappearance.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
disappear（見えなくなる）に名詞語尾 -ance が付いて、「消えてしまった状態・出来事」を表します。appear が「現れる」なら、disappearance はその反対方向。ファイル、証拠、動物種、古い習慣など、もともとあったものが観察できなくなる場面で使うと覚えると、「単なる不在」より変化の結果を強く感じられます。
Think of disappear first: if something appears, you can see it, so disappearance is the opposite movement. The ending -ance turns the verb into a noun meaning the state or event of having disappeared. This word is useful for things like files, evidence, animal species, or old customs that used to be there but can no longer be seen or found.
例文
The police are still investigating the disappearance of the missing documents.
警察はその行方不明の書類の消失を今も調べている。
Scientists are worried about the gradual disappearance of some insects from the area.
科学者たちは、その地域で一部の昆虫が徐々に消失していることを心配している。
The sudden disappearance of that old tradition surprised many people in the town.
その古い習慣が突然消失したことに、町の多くの人が驚いた。
失踪
(意味 2)解説 Definition
人が連絡なく姿を消し、所在や安否が分からない「失踪」。事件・報道・捜査で使われ、消えた事実そのものより、捜索対象としての人物と未解決の状況に焦点がある。the disappearance of a child, investigate a disappearance など。
Disappearance is the event of someone or something becoming impossible to find or no longer being seen. It is often used in news, police reports, or discussions of something that has gone missing. The word can refer to a sudden, mysterious, or unexplained absence.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
広い「消失」の意味が、人に向くと「失踪」になります。鍵になるのは、本人がどこにいるか分からず、周囲が心配・捜索・捜査している感覚です。report his disappearance, solve the mystery of her disappearance のように、警察、家族、ニュースが関わる文脈で覚えると自然です。death と違い死亡は確定せず、absence と違い普通の欠席ではありません。
Notice `dis-` plus `appearance`: someone is no longer appearing where people expect them to be. This word is common in serious phrases like `report a disappearance` or `investigate her disappearance`, especially about missing people. It feels more troubling and uncertain than simple `absence`.
例文
The disappearance of the young student shocked the entire community.
若い学生の失踪は、コミュニティ全体を驚かせました。
The police investigated the disappearance thoroughly.
警察は失踪を徹底的に調査しました。
After weeks of searching, the mystery of his disappearance was finally solved.
数週間の捜索の後、彼の失踪の謎がついに解明されました。
disappearance の類義語・関連語
disappearance の語源・成り立ち Etymology
disappearance は disappear + -ance。dis-「離れて」+ appear「見える」で「見えなくなる」が核です。appear はラテン語 ad- + parere「現れる」に由来し、失踪は視界から消える感覚だと分かります。関連語に apparent、appearance。
Disappearance is built from disappear and the noun ending -ance. Disappear comes from dis-, meaning "away" or "apart," and appear, meaning "to come into view." Appear goes back to Latin roots related to showing or becoming visible.
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