"ことばをうしなう" meaning in Japanese

See ことばをうしなう in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [ko̞to̞ba̠ o̞ ɯ̟ɕina̠ɯ̟]
Head templates: {{ja-verb|ことば を うしなう|hhira=ことばをうしなふ|type=1}} ことばをうしなう • (kotoba o ushinau) ^(←ことばをうしなふ (kotobawousinafu)?)godan (stem ことばをうしない (kotoba o ushinai), past ことばをうしなった (kotoba o ushinatta)) Forms: kotoba o ushinau [romanization], kotobawousinafu [romanization], ことばをうしない [stem], ことばをうしなった [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], ことばをうしなわ [error-unrecognized-form], kotoba o ushinawa [error-unrecognized-form], ことばをうしない [error-unrecognized-form], kotoba o ushinai [error-unrecognized-form], ことばをうしなう [error-unrecognized-form], kotoba o ushinau [error-unrecognized-form], ことばをうしなえ [error-unrecognized-form], kotoba o ushinae [error-unrecognized-form], ことばをうしなわれる [passive], kotoba o ushinawareru [passive], ことばをうしなわせる [causative], ことばをうしなわす [causative], kotoba o ushinawaseru [causative], kotoba o ushinawasu [causative], ことばをうしなえる [potential], kotoba o ushinaeru [potential], ことばをうしなおう [volitional], kotoba o ushinaō [volitional], ことばをうしなわない [negative], kotoba o ushinawanai [negative], ことばをうしなわず [continuative, negative], kotoba o ushinawazu [continuative, negative], ことばをうしないます [formal], kotoba o ushinaimasu [formal], ことばをうしなった [perfective], kotoba o ushinatta [perfective], ことばをうしなって [conjunctive], kotoba o ushinatte [conjunctive], ことばをうしなえば [conditional, hypothetical], kotoba o ushinaeba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to be at a loss for words
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kotoba o ushinau",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotobawousinafu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ことばをうしない",
      "roman": "kotoba o ushinai",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ことばをうしなった",
      "roman": "kotoba o ushinatta",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-u",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ことばをうしなわ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotoba o ushinawa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ことばをうしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotoba o ushinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ことばをうしなう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotoba o ushinau",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ことばをうしなえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotoba o ushinae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ことばをうしなわれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotoba o ushinawareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ことばをうしなわせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ことばをうしなわす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotoba o ushinawaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotoba o ushinawasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ことばをうしなえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotoba o ushinaeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ことばをうしなおう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotoba o ushinaō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ことばをうしなわない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotoba o ushinawanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ことばをうしなわず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotoba o ushinawazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ことばをうしないます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotoba o ushinaimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ことばをうしなった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotoba o ushinatta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ことばをうしなって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotoba o ushinatte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ことばをうしなえば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotoba o ushinaeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ことば を うしなう",
        "hhira": "ことばをうしなふ",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "ことばをうしなう • (kotoba o ushinau) ^(←ことばをうしなふ (kotobawousinafu)?)godan (stem ことばをうしない (kotoba o ushinai), past ことばをうしなった (kotoba o ushinatta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -u",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be at a loss for words"
      ],
      "id": "en-ことばをうしなう-ja-verb-P5hMWxnm",
      "links": [
        [
          "at a loss for words",
          "at a loss for words"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ko̞to̞ba̠ o̞ ɯ̟ɕina̠ɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ことばをうしなう"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kotoba o ushinau",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotobawousinafu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ことばをうしない",
      "roman": "kotoba o ushinai",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ことばをうしなった",
      "roman": "kotoba o ushinatta",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-u",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ことばをうしなわ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotoba o ushinawa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ことばをうしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotoba o ushinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ことばをうしなう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotoba o ushinau",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ことばをうしなえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotoba o ushinae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ことばをうしなわれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotoba o ushinawareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ことばをうしなわせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ことばをうしなわす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotoba o ushinawaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotoba o ushinawasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ことばをうしなえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotoba o ushinaeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ことばをうしなおう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotoba o ushinaō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ことばをうしなわない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotoba o ushinawanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ことばをうしなわず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotoba o ushinawazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ことばをうしないます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotoba o ushinaimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ことばをうしなった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotoba o ushinatta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ことばをうしなって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotoba o ushinatte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ことばをうしなえば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotoba o ushinaeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ことば を うしなう",
        "hhira": "ことばをうしなふ",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "ことばをうしなう • (kotoba o ushinau) ^(←ことばをうしなふ (kotobawousinafu)?)godan (stem ことばをうしない (kotoba o ushinai), past ことばをうしなった (kotoba o ushinatta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese godan verbs",
        "Japanese godan verbs ending with -u",
        "Japanese hiragana",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with manual fragments",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms spelled with を",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese verbs",
        "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be at a loss for words"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "at a loss for words",
          "at a loss for words"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ko̞to̞ba̠ o̞ ɯ̟ɕina̠ɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ことばをうしなう"
}

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