sink · die

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 没 has 7 strokes and appears in words for submergence or disappearing from view.
• Basic usage: 水没 is read すいぼつ, and 日没 is read にちぼつ.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Submergence and sunset
  • 畑が一時水没した means that the fields were temporarily submerged.
  • 日没 means sunset.
• An arrival deadline
  • 日没までに山小屋へ着く means reaching the mountain hut by sunset, with までに marking the arrival deadline.