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亡くす
なくす nakusu Play N2 Godan verb TransitiveMeanings and examples
身近な人が亡くなり、その人を失う。 失去（亲人）；丧失（亲人） to lose (a family member, e.g. a wife or child); to be bereaved of
Example 1
夫を亡くした婦人は、未亡人です。
丈夫去世的女人是寡妇。
A woman whose husband has died is a widow.
Example 2
息子を亡くした夫婦に誰もが同情した。
大家都对失去儿子的夫妇表示同情。
Everyone sympathized with the parents about their son's death.
Kanji breakdown
亡
N3deceased; the late; dying; perish
- On reading
- ボウ、モウ
- Kun reading
- な.い、な.き-、ほろ.びる、ほろ.ぶ、ほろ.ぼす
- Radical
- 亠
