失う

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) 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 しなう [ùshínáú]
Imperative (命令形) 失え しなえ [ùshínáé]
Key constructions
Passive 失われる しなわれる [ùshínáwárérú]
Causative 失わせる しなわせる [ùshínáwásérú]
Potential 失える しなえる [ùshínáérú]
Volitional 失おう しなお [ùshínáóꜜò]
Negative 失わない しなわない [ùshínáwánáí]
Negative perfective 失わなかった しなわなかった [ùshínáwánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 失います しないま [ùshínáímáꜜsù]
Perfective 失った しなった [ùshínáttá]
Conjunctive 失って しなって [ùshínátté]
Hypothetical conditional 失えば しなえ [ùshínáéꜜbà]

Verb

(うしな) (ushinau) うしなふ (usinafu)?transitive godan (stem (うしな) (ushinai), past (うしな)った (ushinatta))

  1. to lose (possession of something)
    ()(しん)(うしな)
    jishin o ushinau
    lose confidence
  2. to miss an opportunity etc.
    (まな)()(かい)(うしな)
    manabu kikai o ushinau
    miss the chance to learn something
  3. to lose a person (following their death), be bereaved of someone
    (おっと)(うしな)
    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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