"失う" meaning in Japanese

See 失う in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [ɯ̟ᵝɕina̠ɯ̟ᵝ]
Etymology templates: {{ja-r|失ふ|うしなふ}} 失(うしな)ふ (ushinafu), {{ja-r|失せる|うせる}} 失(う)せる (useru), {{ja-r|薄い|うすい}} 薄(うす)い (usui), {{com-ja|うし||なふ|pos1=possibly related to 失(う)せる (useru</span>) or 薄(うす)い (usui</span>)|pos2=verb-forming suffix}} うし (ushi, possibly related to 失(う)せる (useru) or 薄(うす)い (usui)) + なふ (nafu, verb-forming suffix) Head templates: {{ja-verb|うしなう|hhira=うしなふ|tr=trans|type=1}} 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)) Forms: 失う [canonical] (ruby: (うしな)), ushinau [romanization], usinafu [romanization], 失い [stem] (ruby: (うしな)), 失った [past] (ruby: (うしな)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 失わ [error-unrecognized-form], うしなわ [error-unrecognized-form], ushinawa [error-unrecognized-form], 失い [error-unrecognized-form], うしない [error-unrecognized-form], ushinai [error-unrecognized-form], 失う [error-unrecognized-form], うしなう [error-unrecognized-form], ushinau [error-unrecognized-form], 失え [error-unrecognized-form], うしなえ [error-unrecognized-form], ushinae [error-unrecognized-form], 失われる [passive], うしなわれる [passive], ushinawareru [passive], 失わせる [causative], 失わす [causative], うしなわせる [causative], うしなわす [causative], ushinawaseru [causative], ushinawasu [causative], 失える [potential], うしなえる [potential], ushinaeru [potential], 失おう [volitional], うしなおう [volitional], ushinaō [volitional], 失わない [negative], うしなわない [negative], ushinawanai [negative], 失わず [continuative, negative], うしなわず [continuative, negative], ushinawazu [continuative, negative], 失います [formal], うしないます [formal], ushinaimasu [formal], 失った [perfective], うしなった [perfective], ushinatta [perfective], 失って [conjunctive], うしなって [conjunctive], ushinatte [conjunctive], 失えば [conditional, hypothetical], うしなえば [conditional, hypothetical], ushinaeba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to lose (possession of something)
    Sense id: en-失う-ja-verb-F~ZOfJP5
  2. to miss an opportunity etc.
    Sense id: en-失う-ja-verb-Gv~ZpcJN Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 21 57 23 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 19 60 21 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 16 64 19 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 16 64 20 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 16 65 18 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 16 65 19
  3. to lose a person (following their death), be bereaved of someone
    Sense id: en-失う-ja-verb-ruHoTvwu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 失くす (nakusu) (ruby: ())

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{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "win",
      "roman": "eru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "得",
          "え"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "得る"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "失ふ",
        "2": "うしなふ"
      },
      "expansion": "失(うしな)ふ (ushinafu)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "失せる",
        "2": "うせる"
      },
      "expansion": "失(う)せる (useru)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "薄い",
        "2": "うすい"
      },
      "expansion": "薄(うす)い (usui)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "うし",
        "2": "",
        "3": "なふ",
        "pos1": "possibly related to 失(う)せる (useru</span>) or 薄(うす)い (usui</span>)",
        "pos2": "verb-forming suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "うし (ushi, possibly related to 失(う)せる (useru) or 薄(うす)い (usui)) + なふ (nafu, verb-forming suffix)",
      "name": "com-ja"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "失う",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "失",
          "うしな"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ushinau",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "usinafu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失い",
      "roman": "ushinai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "失",
          "うしな"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失った",
      "roman": "ushinatta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "失",
          "うしな"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-u",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失わ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うしなわ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ushinawa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失い",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ushinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失う",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うしなう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ushinau",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失え",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うしなえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ushinae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失われる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うしなわれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ushinawareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失わせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失わす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うしなわせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うしなわす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ushinawaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ushinawasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失える",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うしなえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ushinaeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失おう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うしなおう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ushinaō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失わない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うしなわない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ushinawanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失わず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うしなわず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ushinawazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失います",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うしないます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ushinaimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うしなった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ushinatta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失って",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うしなって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ushinatte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失えば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うしなえば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ushinaeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "うしなう",
        "hhira": "うしなふ",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "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))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "lose confidence",
          "roman": "jishin o ushinau",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "自",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "信",
              "しん"
            ],
            [
              "失",
              "うしな"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "自信を失う"
        },
        {
          "ref": "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",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "若",
              "モ"
            ],
            [
              "夫",
              "ソ"
            ],
            [
              "情",
              "ジヤウ"
            ],
            [
              "激",
              "ゲキ"
            ],
            [
              "所",
              "トコロ"
            ],
            [
              "濫",
              "ミダリ"
            ],
            [
              "事",
              "ジ"
            ],
            [
              "端",
              "タン"
            ],
            [
              "滋",
              "シゲ"
            ],
            [
              "或",
              "アルイ"
            ],
            [
              "同",
              "ドウ"
            ],
            [
              "胞",
              "ハウ"
            ],
            [
              "排",
              "ハイ"
            ],
            [
              "擠",
              "セイ"
            ],
            [
              "互",
              "タガヒ"
            ],
            [
              "時",
              "ジ"
            ],
            [
              "局",
              "キョク"
            ],
            [
              "亂",
              "ミダ"
            ],
            [
              "爲",
              "タメ"
            ],
            [
              "大",
              "ダイ"
            ],
            [
              "道",
              "ドウ"
            ],
            [
              "誤",
              "アヤマ"
            ],
            [
              "信",
              "シン"
            ],
            [
              "義",
              "ギ"
            ],
            [
              "世",
              "セ"
            ],
            [
              "界",
              "カイ"
            ],
            [
              "失",
              "ウシナ"
            ],
            [
              "如",
              "ゴト"
            ],
            [
              "朕",
              "チン"
            ],
            [
              "最",
              "モット"
            ],
            [
              "之",
              "コレ"
            ],
            [
              "戒",
              "イマシ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "若シ夫レ情ノ激スル所濫ニ事端ヲ滋クシ或ハ同胞排擠互ニ時局ヲ亂リ爲ニ大道ヲ誤リ信義ヲ世界ニ失フカ如キハ朕最モ之ヲ戒ム\nMoshi 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[.]\nBeware 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.\n1945 translation by Tadaichi Hirakawa [平川唯一]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to lose (possession of something)"
      ],
      "id": "en-失う-ja-verb-F~ZOfJP5",
      "links": [
        [
          "lose",
          "lose"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 57 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 60 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 64 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 64 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 65 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 65 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "miss the chance to learn something",
          "roman": "manabu kikai o ushinau",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "学",
              "まな"
            ],
            [
              "機",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "会",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "失",
              "うしな"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "学ぶ機会を失う"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to miss an opportunity etc."
      ],
      "id": "en-失う-ja-verb-Gv~ZpcJN",
      "links": [
        [
          "miss",
          "miss"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "lose one's husband",
          "roman": "otto o ushinau",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "夫",
              "おっと"
            ],
            [
              "失",
              "うしな"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "夫を失う"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to lose a person (following their death), be bereaved of someone"
      ],
      "id": "en-失う-ja-verb-ruHoTvwu",
      "links": [
        [
          "bereaved",
          "bereaved"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "うしなう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɯ̟ᵝɕina̠ɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "nakusu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "失",
          "な"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "失くす"
    }
  ],
  "word": "失う"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "win",
      "roman": "eru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "得",
          "え"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "得る"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with one Han script character",
    "Japanese transitive verbs",
    "Japanese type 1 verbs",
    "Japanese verbs"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "失ふ",
        "2": "うしなふ"
      },
      "expansion": "失(うしな)ふ (ushinafu)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "失せる",
        "2": "うせる"
      },
      "expansion": "失(う)せる (useru)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "薄い",
        "2": "うすい"
      },
      "expansion": "薄(うす)い (usui)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "うし",
        "2": "",
        "3": "なふ",
        "pos1": "possibly related to 失(う)せる (useru</span>) or 薄(うす)い (usui</span>)",
        "pos2": "verb-forming suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "うし (ushi, possibly related to 失(う)せる (useru) or 薄(うす)い (usui)) + なふ (nafu, verb-forming suffix)",
      "name": "com-ja"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "失う",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "失",
          "うしな"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ushinau",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "usinafu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失い",
      "roman": "ushinai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "失",
          "うしな"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失った",
      "roman": "ushinatta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "失",
          "うしな"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-u",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失わ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うしなわ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ushinawa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失い",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ushinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失う",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うしなう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ushinau",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失え",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うしなえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ushinae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失われる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うしなわれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ushinawareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失わせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失わす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うしなわせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うしなわす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ushinawaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ushinawasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失える",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うしなえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ushinaeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失おう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うしなおう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ushinaō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失わない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うしなわない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ushinawanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失わず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うしなわず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ushinawazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失います",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うしないます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ushinaimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うしなった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ushinatta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失って",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うしなって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ushinatte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失えば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うしなえば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ushinaeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "うしなう",
        "hhira": "うしなふ",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "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))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "lose confidence",
          "roman": "jishin o ushinau",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "自",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "信",
              "しん"
            ],
            [
              "失",
              "うしな"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "自信を失う"
        },
        {
          "ref": "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",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "若",
              "モ"
            ],
            [
              "夫",
              "ソ"
            ],
            [
              "情",
              "ジヤウ"
            ],
            [
              "激",
              "ゲキ"
            ],
            [
              "所",
              "トコロ"
            ],
            [
              "濫",
              "ミダリ"
            ],
            [
              "事",
              "ジ"
            ],
            [
              "端",
              "タン"
            ],
            [
              "滋",
              "シゲ"
            ],
            [
              "或",
              "アルイ"
            ],
            [
              "同",
              "ドウ"
            ],
            [
              "胞",
              "ハウ"
            ],
            [
              "排",
              "ハイ"
            ],
            [
              "擠",
              "セイ"
            ],
            [
              "互",
              "タガヒ"
            ],
            [
              "時",
              "ジ"
            ],
            [
              "局",
              "キョク"
            ],
            [
              "亂",
              "ミダ"
            ],
            [
              "爲",
              "タメ"
            ],
            [
              "大",
              "ダイ"
            ],
            [
              "道",
              "ドウ"
            ],
            [
              "誤",
              "アヤマ"
            ],
            [
              "信",
              "シン"
            ],
            [
              "義",
              "ギ"
            ],
            [
              "世",
              "セ"
            ],
            [
              "界",
              "カイ"
            ],
            [
              "失",
              "ウシナ"
            ],
            [
              "如",
              "ゴト"
            ],
            [
              "朕",
              "チン"
            ],
            [
              "最",
              "モット"
            ],
            [
              "之",
              "コレ"
            ],
            [
              "戒",
              "イマシ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "若シ夫レ情ノ激スル所濫ニ事端ヲ滋クシ或ハ同胞排擠互ニ時局ヲ亂リ爲ニ大道ヲ誤リ信義ヲ世界ニ失フカ如キハ朕最モ之ヲ戒ム\nMoshi 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[.]\nBeware 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.\n1945 translation by Tadaichi Hirakawa [平川唯一]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to lose (possession of something)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lose",
          "lose"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "miss the chance to learn something",
          "roman": "manabu kikai o ushinau",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "学",
              "まな"
            ],
            [
              "機",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "会",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "失",
              "うしな"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "学ぶ機会を失う"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to miss an opportunity etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "miss",
          "miss"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "lose one's husband",
          "roman": "otto o ushinau",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "夫",
              "おっと"
            ],
            [
              "失",
              "うしな"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "夫を失う"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to lose a person (following their death), be bereaved of someone"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bereaved",
          "bereaved"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "うしなう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɯ̟ᵝɕina̠ɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "nakusu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "失",
          "な"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "失くす"
    }
  ],
  "word": "失う"
}

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