JLPT N3 · Verb

亡くす (nakusu)

亡くす (なくす, nakusu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)”. It appears in JLPT N3 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 N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child) · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

息子を亡くした夫婦に誰もが同情した。
Everyone sympathized with the parents about their son's death.

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

Conjugation of 亡くす

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

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

Kanji in 亡くす

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 亡くす.

Source: JMdict entry 2835808 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.