埋没

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 埋没 (まいぼつ) combines burial 埋 and disappearance 没 to denote being buried or lost from prominence.
• Basic usage: It applies to a sign under heavy snow and to a protagonist overshadowed by stronger characters.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Physical burial and figurative obscurity
  • Material such as snow gives the literal sense, while comparison with other personalities gives the figurative sense “be overshadowed.”