NichiDict

蒸発

N2
じょうはつ
[jouhatsu]
Illustration for 蒸発

Meanings

1.NounNoun・suruIntransitive

evaporation

2.NounNoun・suruIntransitive

disappearance (of a person); vanishing without a trace

Examples

水が蒸発して雲になる仕組みを理科で学んだよ。

I learned in science how water evaporates and becomes clouds.

蒸発した水分は雨となって地上に戻ってくるね。

Evaporated water returns to the ground as rain.

父が蒸発して家族に連絡がつかなくなったそうだ。

I heard the father disappeared and can't be contacted by family.