失う
うしなう · ushinau
To lose
- to miss (a chance, opportunity)
- to lose (a loved one), to be bereaved of
- to concede (goals, points, etc.)
Other ways to say “to lose” in Japanese →
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Example sentences
庭園の美しさには、言葉を失うばかりだ。
ていえんのうつくしさには、ことばをうしなうばかりだ。
At the beauty of the garden, I am simply lost for words.
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歯を失うと、噛む力が大幅に低下します。
はをうしなうと、かむちからがおおはばにていかします。
If you lose a tooth, your chewing power significantly decreases.
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 失いますうしないます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 失いませんうしないません |
| Polite past (ました) | 失いましたうしないました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 失いませんでしたうしないませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 失いましょううしないましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 失いうしない |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 失いたいうしないたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 失いながらうしないながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 失ってうしなって |
| Plain past (た形) | 失ったうしなった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 失ったらうしなったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 失っているうしなっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 失わないうしなわない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 失わなかったうしなわなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 失わなくてうしなわなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 失えるうしなえる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 失えばうしなえば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 失えうしなえ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 失おううしなおう |
| Passive (受身形) | 失われるうしなわれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 失わせるうしなわせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 失わされるうしなわされる |
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What does 失う mean?
To lose. It can also mean: to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one), to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.).
How do you pronounce 失う?
うしなう (ushinau). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 失う?
JLPT N3 — intermediate. See the JLPT N3 guide.
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