Kumi logo
    Kumi

    Learn Japanese. Where understanding folds into fluency.

    Dictionary

    KanjiKanji vocabularyKana vocabularyKanaRadicalsGrammarJLPT N5

    Learn

    GuidesStart where you areWhat is KMT?RoadmapFAQ

    Connect

    EmailDiscordInstagramThreadsTikTokYouTubeLinkedInBlueskyX

    Newsletter

    Start learning free →

    Free forever tier. No card required.

    © 2026 Kumiai Inc. All rights reserved.

    AboutFAQContactStatusPrivacyTermsAttributions
    Dictionary
    1. Dictionary
    2. Kanji Vocab
    3. 失明

    失明

    失しつ明めい

    loss of eyesight

    KMT8News #24+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveMedicine & HealthKanji Vocab13 strokes

    しつめい

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    loss of eyesight, loss of sight, going blind, blindness

    Stroke 0 / 13

    Speed1.0x

    事じ故こで彼かれは失しつ明めいしました。

    He lost his sight in an accident.

    KMT6Medicine & HealthDaily Life
    その病びょう気きは進しん行こうすると失しつ明めいに至いたる可か能のう性せいがあります。

    If that disease progresses, it could lead to blindness.

    KMT8Medicine & Health
    早そう期き発はっ見けんと治ち療りょうが、失しつ明めいを防ふせぐために非ひ常じょうに重じゅう要ようです。

    Early detection and treatment are extremely important to prevent blindness.

    KMT8Medicine & Health
    失しつ明めいした人ひと々びとは、点てん字じや音 声 ガイドを利り用ようして生せい活かつしています。

    People who have lost their sight live using braille and audio guides.

    KMT8Medicine & HealthDaily Life
    糖とう尿にょう病びょう網もう膜まく症しょうは、成せい人じんの失しつ明めいの主しゅ要ような原げん因いんの一ひとつです。

    Diabetic retinopathy is one of the leading causes of blindness in adults.

    KMT9Medicine & HealthScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    失
    うしな.う・う.せる…(1)
    lose・error・fault・disadvantage・loss
    明
    あ.かり・あか.るい・あか.るむ・あか.らむ・あき.らか・あ.ける…(18)
    bright・light
    Kumi logo

    Track your mastery

    Kumi's KMT system tracks your mastery across kanji, vocabulary, grammar, and reading. Create a free account to use it on 220,000+ concepts.

    Related concepts for this entry

    Used in vocabulary

    • 失
    • 明

    Explore more

    Kanji Vocab dictionary›Browse all entries›