Illustration: In a busy station concourse, a woman who has been following her friend stops abruptly as a group of commuters crosses between them. She rises onto her toes and searches past their shoulders, one hand still half-raised toward the friend she can no longer see.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

見み失うしなう

miushinau

to lose sight of

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれはその鳥とりを見失みうしなった。

    He lost sight of the bird.

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  2. 私わたしは人ひとごみの中なかで彼かれを見失みうしなった。

    I lost him among the crowd.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 人々ひとびとは次第しだいに本来ほんらいの目的もくてきを見失みうしなうだろう。

    People will gradually lose sight of the original purpose.

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Kanji in 見失

  • 見see; lookOnケンKunみる・みえる・みせる
  • 失lose; errorOnシツKunうしなう・うせる

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