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忘却の彼方； 忘却のかなた
【 ぼうきゃくのかなた 】
1. [exp,n]
▶ dustbin of history
▶ ash heap of history
▶ obscurity
▶ long-forgotten memory



History:
4. A 2024-01-06 19:22:00  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2024-01-06 19:15:04  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
example in sankoku:
  忘却の彼方から浮かび上がる
  Comments: 
This gloss seems like it would fit too.
  Diff: 
@@ -18,0 +19 @@
+<gloss>long-forgotten memory</gloss>
2. A* 2024-01-06 19:11:00  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
gg5: the 「dustheap ［dustbin］ of history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_heap_of_history

English N-gram Counts
  dustbin of history      24,162
  ash heap of history      5,229
  trash heap of history    1,404
  dust heap of history       311
  garbage heap of history    366
  ashcan of history          328
  Comments: 
Maybe this works
  Diff: 
@@ -13,0 +14 @@
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
@@ -15,2 +16,3 @@
-<gloss>being completely forgotten</gloss>
-<gloss>across the oblivion of forgotten memories</gloss>
+<gloss>dustbin of history</gloss>
+<gloss>ash heap of history</gloss>
+<gloss>obscurity</gloss>
1. A* 2024-01-06 17:29:40  penname01
  Refs: 
sankoku

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮
│ 忘却の彼方　 │ 51,575 │ 87.4% │
│ 忘却のかなた │  7,458 │ 12.6% │
╰─ーーーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯
  Comments: 
difficult to translate literally

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