蒸発 (Jouhatsu) is a Japanese noun meaning “evaporation, disappearance (of a person), vanishing without a trace”.
Meanings
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbevaporation
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbdisappearance (of a person); vanishing without a trace
Examples
お湯が沸騰して蒸発した。
The water has boiled away.
露は太陽が昇ると蒸発した。
The dew evaporated when the sun rose.
暑い日に水は早く蒸発する。
In hot weather, water evaporates quickly.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).