失う

Japanese

Kanji in this term
うしな
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
喪う
失ウ
逸う

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しなう [ùshínáú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ɕina̠ɯ̟]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 失う
Plain 失う しなう [ùshínáú]
Conjunctive 失って しなって [ùshínátté]
Perfective 失った しなった [ùshínáttá]
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]
Hypothetical conditional 失えば しなえ [ùshínáéꜜbà]
Past conditional 失ったら しなった [ùshínáttáꜜrà]
Imperative 失え しなえ [ùshínáé]
Volitional 失おう しなお [ùshínáóꜜò]
Desiderative 失いたい しないたい [ùshínáítáí]
Formal 失います しないま [ùshínáímáꜜsù]
Formal negative 失いません しないませ [ùshínáímáséꜜǹ]
Formal volitional 失いましょう しないましょ [ùshínáímáshóꜜò]
Formal perfective 失いました しないました [ùshínáímáꜜshìtà]
Continuative 失い
失いに
しない
しないに
[ùshínáí]
[ùshínáí ní]
Negative continuative 失わず
失わずに
しなわず
しなわずに
[ùshínáwázú]
[ùshínáwázú ní]
Passive 失われる しなわれる [ùshínáwárérú]
Causative 失わせる
失わす
しなわせる
しなわす
[ùshínáwásérú]
[ùshínáwású]
Potential 失える しなえる [ùshínáérú]

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
    • 1945 August 14th, the Shōwa Emperor [昭和天皇], 大東亞戰爭終結ノ詔書 [Edict to end the Great East Asia War], paragraph 5, sentence 2:
      ()()(ジヤウ)(ゲキ)スル(トコロ)(ミダリ)()(タン)(シゲ)クシ(アルイ)(ドウ)(ハウ)(ハイ)(セイ)(タガヒ)()(キョク)(ミダ)(タメ)(ダイ)(ドウ)(アヤマ)(シン)()()(カイ)(ウシナ)(ゴト)キハ(チン)(モット)(コレ)(イマシ)
      Moshi sore zyau no geki suru tokoro midari ni jitan wo shige kushi arui wa doufau faisei tagafi ni jikyoku wo midari tame ni daidou wo ayamari shingi wo sekai ni usinafu ka gotoki wa Tin mottomo kore wo imashimu[.]
      Beware most strictly of any outbursts of emotion which may endanger needless complications, or any fraternal contention and strife which may create confusion, lead ye astray and cause ye to lose the confidence of the world.
      1945 translation by Tadaichi Hirakawa [平川唯一]
  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. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN