Word details

亡くす

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 亡くす.

Dictionary

Entry

亡くすくすTransitiveGodan verbFreq #6524
1

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

Examples
息子を亡くした夫婦に誰もが同情した。
Everyone sympathized with the parents about their son's death.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

deceased, the late, dying, perish

3 strokesFrequency 661JLPT N2Grade 6

On

ボウモウ

Kun

な.いな.き-ほろ.びるほろ.ぶほろ.ぼす

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