"失くす" meaning in Japanese

See 失くす in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [na̠kɯ̟̊sɨ]
Head templates: {{ja-verb|なくす|tr=trans|type=1}} 失(な)くす • (nakusu) transitive godan (stem 失(な)くし (nakushi), past 失(な)くした (nakushita)) Forms: 失くす [canonical] (ruby: 失(な)), nakusu [romanization], 失くし [stem] (ruby: 失(な)), 失くした [past] (ruby: 失(な)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 失くさ [error-unrecognized-form], なくさ [error-unrecognized-form], nakusa [error-unrecognized-form], 失くし [error-unrecognized-form], なくし [error-unrecognized-form], nakushi [error-unrecognized-form], 失くす [error-unrecognized-form], なくす [error-unrecognized-form], nakusu [error-unrecognized-form], 失くせ [error-unrecognized-form], なくせ [error-unrecognized-form], nakuse [error-unrecognized-form], 失くされる [passive], なくされる [passive], nakusareru [passive], 失くさせる [causative], 失くさす [causative], なくさせる [causative], なくさす [causative], nakusaseru [causative], nakusasu [causative], 失くせる [potential], なくせる [potential], nakuseru [potential], 失くそう [volitional], なくそう [volitional], nakusō [volitional], 失くさない [negative], なくさない [negative], nakusanai [negative], 失くさず [continuative, negative], なくさず [continuative, negative], nakusazu [continuative, negative], 失くします [formal], なくします [formal], nakushimasu [formal], 失くした [perfective], なくした [perfective], nakushita [perfective], 失くして [conjunctive], なくして [conjunctive], nakushite [conjunctive], 失くせば [conditional, hypothetical], なくせば [conditional, hypothetical], nakuseba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. lose something
    Sense id: en-失くす-ja-verb-2yc0toS~ Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -su, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
     
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "失くす",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "失",
          "な"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakusu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失くし",
      "roman": "nakushi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "失",
          "な"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失くした",
      "roman": "nakushita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "失",
          "な"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-su",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失くさ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくさ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakusa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失くし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakushi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失くす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakusu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失くせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakuse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失くされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakusareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失くさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失くさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakusaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakusasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失くせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakuseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失くそう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくそう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakusō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失くさない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくさない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakusanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失くさず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくさず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakusazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失くします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakushimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失くした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakushita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失くして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakushite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失くせば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくせば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakuseba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "なくす",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "失(な)くす • (nakusu) transitive godan (stem 失(な)くし (nakushi), past 失(な)くした (nakushita))",
      "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 -su",
          "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 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lose something"
      ],
      "id": "en-失くす-ja-verb-2yc0toS~",
      "links": [
        [
          "lose",
          "lose"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "なくす"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[na̠kɯ̟̊sɨ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "失くす"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "失くす",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "失",
          "な"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakusu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失くし",
      "roman": "nakushi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "失",
          "な"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失くした",
      "roman": "nakushita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "失",
          "な"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-su",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失くさ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくさ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakusa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失くし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakushi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失くす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakusu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失くせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakuse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失くされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakusareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失くさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失くさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakusaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakusasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失くせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakuseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失くそう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくそう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakusō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失くさない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくさない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakusanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失くさず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくさず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakusazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失くします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakushimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失くした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakushita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失くして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakushite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "失くせば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくせば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakuseba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "なくす",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "失(な)くす • (nakusu) transitive godan (stem 失(な)くし (nakushi), past 失(な)くした (nakushita))",
      "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 -su",
        "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 1 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese transitive verbs",
        "Japanese verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lose something"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lose",
          "lose"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "なくす"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[na̠kɯ̟̊sɨ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "失くす"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 失くす meaning in Japanese (4.9kB)

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "失くす",
  "trace": ""
}

{
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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "失くす",
  "trace": ""
}

{
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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Ren’yōkei (\"continuative\")'",
  "path": [
    "失くす"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "失くす",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
  "path": [
    "失くす"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "失くす",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Rentaikei (\"attributive\")'",
  "path": [
    "失くす"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "失くす",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Kateikei (\"hypothetical\")'",
  "path": [
    "失くす"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "失くす",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
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  "trace": ""
}

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