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    3. 亡くす

    亡くす

    亡なく​す​

    to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)

    N2KMT7CoreVerb, TransitiveFamily & RelationshipsEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab6 strokes

    なくす

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)

    Stroke 0 / 6

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは幼おさない頃ころに両りょう親しんを亡なくした。

    He lost his parents when he was young.

    KMT6Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    大たい切せつな友ゆう人じんを亡なくして、彼かの女じょは深ふかい悲かなしみに暮くれた。

    Having lost a dear friend, she was plunged into deep sorrow.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    愛あいするペットを亡なくす悲かなしみは、人にん間げん関かん係けいの喪そう失しつに匹ひっ敵てきする。

    The sadness of losing a beloved pet is comparable to the loss of a human relationship.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyAnimals
    彼かれは妻つまを亡なくした後あと、一ひと人りで子こ供どもたちを育そだて上あげた。

    After losing his wife, he raised his children alone.

    KMT7Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    戦せん争そうで多おおくの人ひと々びとが家か族ぞくを亡なくし、その傷きずは癒いえることがない。

    Many people lost their families in the war, and those wounds never heal.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyMilitaryHistory

    Characters that make up this word

    亡
    な.い・な.き-・ほろ.びる・ほろ.ぶ・ほろ.ぼす…(2)
    deceased・the late・dying・perish
    Kanji
    く
    ku
    Kana
    す
    su
    Kana
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