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失う — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • lose verb To no longer have something you once had, whether by accident, carelessness, or misfortune.

Senses

失う is used for these senses in English:

  • lose (transitive) To experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend).
  • lose (transitive) To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability.
  • lose (transitive) To shed (weight).
  • lose (intransitive) To be defeated (in a game, competition, contest, etc.)

lose — full definition

  1. verb To no longer have something you once had, whether by accident, carelessness, or misfortune.
  2. verb To fail to win a game, competition, or argument.
  3. verb To become unable to find your way, or to no longer be able to follow or track someone or something.

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