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I’m summarising a film for class and there’s a pivotal scene in which someone
gets “ghosted” by their lover, but I’m not sure how this concept translates in
Japanese. I could use a workaround (“she stopped contacting him”), but I’m
curious to know if a slang term exists for this in Japanese and what it is?
Thanks!
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translation slang english-to-japanese
How to translate “ghosting” (the dating/social term)
If you really want to sound slangy, you might want to use the slang verb
「バックレる」 to say:

・「ＡはＢにバックレられた。」

= "A was ghosted by B." or "B ghosted A.".

Whether you could successfully use this expression would depend on how fluent
you already and actually are in Japanese slang. You definitely should not
throw in a phrase like this into the rather formal-sounding context which many
Japanese-learners would tend to write.

In case your Japanese is nowhere near naturally slangy, a far safer choice
would be to use a "normal" verb phrase such as 「一切{いっさい}の連絡{れんらく}を絶{た}つ」.
Another safer choice might be to use the less slangy expression
「完全{かんぜん}シカトする」.

「バックレる」 comes from 「しらばっくれる」 ("to play innocent"), which is a 100% originally
Japanese verb.
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