I Love Kanji逃す (nogasu)
逃す (のがす, nogasu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- のがす
- Romaji
- nogasu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away · godan verb, transitive
- to set free; to let go · godan verb, transitive
- to fail to ... · godan verb, auxiliary verb · after the -masu stem of a verb
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 逃す
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 逃す | のがす nogasu |
| Polite (~masu) | 逃します | のがします nogashimasu |
| Negative | 逃さない | のがさない nogasanai |
| Polite negative | 逃しません | のがしません nogashimasen |
| Past | 逃した | のがした nogashita |
| Polite past | 逃しました | のがしました nogashimashita |
| Negative past | 逃さなかった | のがさなかった nogasanakatta |
| Te-form | 逃して | のがして nogashite |
| Potential | 逃せる | のがせる nogaseru |
| Passive | 逃される | のがされる nogasareru |
| Causative | 逃させる | のがさせる nogasaseru |
| Volitional | 逃そう | のがそう nogasou |
| Imperative | 逃せ | のがせ nogase |
| Conditional (~ba) | 逃せば | のがせば nogaseba |
Kanji in 逃す
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 逃す.
逃げるにげるto run away逃がすにがすto set free逃亡とうぼうescape逃走とうそうflight逃れるのがれるto escape見逃すみのがすto miss逃げ出すにげだすto run away
Source: JMdict entry 1450430 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.