| Example in Japanese | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| ぼける？ | Short-term memory loss. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | zbeh | Arabic | بهت |
| Dutch | verschieten,vervagen | English | fade |
| Esperanto | blankigi, fadi, forvelki | Estonian | koltuma, tuhmuma |
| Finnish | haaleta, haalistaa, haalistua, haaltua, kauhduttaa, kauhtua | French | pâlir |
| German | abbleichen, abblühen, verblassen | Greek | ξεθωριάζω |
| Hungarian | elfakul, fakul, halványul, hervad | Italian | sbiadire, sbiadirsi, scolorire, scolorirsi, smorzarsi, stingere |
| Latvian | dzist | Lithuanian | blukti, išblukinti, nuvysti, vysta |
| Macedonian | избледи, избледува | Norwegian | fade |
| Polish | blaknąć, blednąć, gasnąć, płowieć, spełznąć, spłowieć, wyblaknąć, wypłowieć, zblaknąć | Portuguese | desbotar, esmaecer |
| Romanian | apune | Russian | блёкнуть, выцвести, выцветать, линять, молкнуть, поблёкнуть, слинять |
| Spanish | ajar, descolorarse, desteñir, desteñirse, difuminar, marchitarse | Swedish | förblekna, förklinga, vissna |
| Turkish | soldurmak | Vietnamese | nhoà |