disappearing
消えていく
解説 Definition
disappearing は disappear（消える、見えなくなる）の現在分詞・動名詞です。物や姿、現象などがだんだん見えなくなったり、存在しなくなったりすることを表します。
The process of gradually becoming impossible to see, find, or experience, or ceasing to exist. As the -ing form of disappear, it also describes something undergoing this change in progressive and participial constructions.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 disappear「消える」に -ing を付けた形です。語末の r はそのままで disappearing と綴り、「消えつつある」という進行中の変化を示します。the disappearing sun や disappear into the fog の場面を思い浮かべ、進行形・動名詞として覚えましょう。
Connect disappearing directly with the base verb disappear: simply add -ing without dropping or doubling any letters. The form presents the action as continuing, as in a sun disappearing behind clouds or a boat disappearing into fog. It can function as a gerund naming the process, or as a participle in a progressive verb phrase or after a noun. Keep the common patterns disappear behind, disappear into, and disappear from in mind; each shows something passing out of sight or existence.
例文
The sun is disappearing behind the clouds.
太陽が雲の後ろに消えていっています。
We watched the boat disappearing into the fog.
私たちは船が霧の中へ消えていくのを見ていました。
Old traditions are slowly disappearing from the village.
古い伝統がその村から少しずつ消えていっています。
disappearing の類義語・関連語
disappearing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
disappearing は disappear に -ing が付いた形で、dis-「離れて・反対に」＋ appear「現れる」から成ります。appear はラテン語 apparere「見えてくる」にさかのぼり、disappear は文字通り「見える状態から離れる」＝「消えていく」とわかります。関連語は appear, appearance。
Disappearing is formed from disappear plus the suffix -ing. Disappear combines dis-, expressing removal or reversal, with appear. Appear came through Old French from Latin apparere, meaning “to come into sight” or “be visible.” Thus, disappear developed the opposite sense: to pass out of sight or cease to be present. The -ing ending presents that process as ongoing or treats it as an activity.
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