失う

Japanese

Kanji in this term
失
うしな
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
喪う

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) うしなう [ùshínáú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝɕina̠ɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "失う"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
失う うしなう [ùshínáú]
Imperative (命令形) 失え うしなえ [ùshínáé]
Key constructions
Passive 失われる うしなわれる [ùshínáwárérú]
Causative 失わせる うしなわせる [ùshínáwásérú]
Potential 失える うしなえる [ùshínáérú]
Volitional 失おう うしなお​ー [ùshínáóꜜò]
Negative 失わない うしなわない [ùshínáwánáí]
Negative perfective 失わなかった うしなわな​かった [ùshínáwánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 失います うしないま​す [ùshínáímáꜜsù]
Perfective 失った うしなった [ùshínáttá]
Conjunctive 失って うしなって [ùshínátté]
Hypothetical conditional 失えば うしなえ​ば [ùshínáéꜜbà]

Verb

失(うしな)う • (ushinau) ←うしなふ (usinafu)?transitive godan (stem 失(うしな)い (ushinai), past 失(うしな)った (ushinatta))

  1. to lose (possession of something)
    自(じ)信(しん)を失(うしな)う
    jishin o ushinau
    lose confidence
  2. to miss an opportunity etc.
    学(まな)ぶ機(き)会(かい)を失(うしな)う
    manabu kikai o ushinau
    miss the chance to learn something
  3. to lose a person (following their death), be bereaved of someone
    夫(おっと)を失(うしな)う
    otto o ushinau
    lose one's husband

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References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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