Illustration: In a quiet Japanese living room, an elderly woman sits beside a modest household memorial displaying her husband’s portrait, flowers, and a small incense burner. She holds his familiar cardigan against her lap, one hand resting inside its empty sleeve.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

亡なくす

nakusu

to lose someone to death

Use for losing a person through death. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

息子むすこを亡なくした夫婦ふうふに誰だれもが同情どうじょうした。
Everyone sympathized with the parents about their son’s death.
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彼かれは愛あいする息子むすこを亡なくした。
He lost his beloved son.
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夫おっとを亡なくした婦人ふじんは、未亡人みぼうじんです。
A woman whose husband has died is a widow.
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Kanji in 亡

亡deceased; the lateOnボウ・モウKunない・なき-・ほろびる

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