To Lose
To Part With, To Lose Something, To Part With Something
transitive verb, godan verb
The kanji portion means fault, so you would think the verb version is "to fault." It's a little different, though. Think of it this way, if you "fault" something, you're messing up. What's a great way to mess up? By losing something. That's why this word means to lose.
Pretend like you are supposed to hold on to someone's wedding ring. You make the biggest fault of all. You lose it. Ouch.
Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you:
So how did you lose the wedding ring anyway? Well... it was eaten by a cow. The 牛 now (うし + なう) has to have it surgically removed. What a mess!
全てを失う
to lose everything
気を失う
to lose consciousness
力を失う
to lose strength
そんなにジャンプすると体力を失うよ。
If you jump that much, you would lose your physical strength.
今年は、ギャンブルでたくさんのお金を失った。
This year, I lost a lot of money from gambling.
父を失った日から、よく空を見るようになりました。
From the day I lost my father, I started looking at the sky a lot.