JLPT N5 · Verb

無くす (nakusu)

無くす (なくす, nakusu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to lose (something)”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
なくす
Romaji
nakusu
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
Level
JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to lose (something) · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
  2. to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove; to eradicate; to abolish · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana

Example sentences

彼女は新しい時計をなくした。
She lost her new watch.
その国の財政の赤字をなくすには、もっと、たくさんの外国の援助を注ぎ込まなければならなかった。
To get the nation's economy out of the red, more foreign aid had to be pumped in.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 無くす

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary無くすなくす nakusu
Polite (~masu)無くしますなくします nakushimasu
Negative無くさないなくさない nakusanai
Polite negative無くしませんなくしません nakushimasen
Past無くしたなくした nakushita
Polite past無くしましたなくしました nakushimashita
Negative past無くさなかったなくさなかった nakusanakatta
Te-form無くしてなくして nakushite
Potential無くせるなくせる nakuseru
Passive無くされるなくされる nakusareru
Causative無くさせるなくさせる nakusaseru
Volitional無くそうなくそう nakusou
Imperative無くせなくせ nakuse
Conditional (~ba)無くせばなくせば nakuseba

Kanji in 無くす

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 無くす.

Source: JMdict entry 1529530 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.