I Love Kanji失う (ushinau)
失う (うしなう, ushinau) is a Japanese verb meaning “to lose”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- うしなう
- Romaji
- ushinau
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to lose · godan verb, transitive
- to miss (a chance, opportunity) · godan verb, transitive
- to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of · godan verb, transitive
- to concede (goals, points, etc.) · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 失う
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 失う | うしなう ushinau |
| Polite (~masu) | 失います | うしないます ushinaimasu |
| Negative | 失わない | うしなわない ushinawanai |
| Polite negative | 失いません | うしないません ushinaimasen |
| Past | 失った | うしなった ushinatta |
| Polite past | 失いました | うしないました ushinaimashita |
| Negative past | 失わなかった | うしなわなかった ushinawanakatta |
| Te-form | 失って | うしなって ushinatte |
| Potential | 失える | うしなえる ushinaeru |
| Passive | 失われる | うしなわれる ushinawareru |
| Causative | 失わせる | うしなわせる ushinawaseru |
| Volitional | 失おう | うしなおう ushinaou |
| Imperative | 失え | うしなえ ushinae |
| Conditional (~ba) | 失えば | うしなえば ushinaeba |
Kanji in 失う
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 失う.
失礼しつれいdiscourtesy失敗しっぱいfailure失業しつぎょうunemployment失望しつぼうdisappointment過失かしつaccident (caused by negligence)失恋しつれんdisappointed love損失そんしつloss (of assets, profit, etc.)失格しっかくdisqualification失脚しっきゃくlosing one's position紛失ふんしつloss失調しっちょうlack of harmony
Source: JMdict entry 1319750 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.