How to say "miss" in Japanese

• さんJLPT N1approx.Common
  suffixNot a standalone title: this familiar honorific is attached after a person's name in everyday address. It covers Mr, Mrs, Miss, and Ms alike, since Japanese honorifics do not indicate marital status.
  おつりはいらないよ、運転士うんてんしさん。↗

  Keep the change, driver.
• 様さまJLPT N1approx.Common
  suffixThe more respectful counterpart of さん, likewise attached after a name and covering all the English titles without distinguishing marital status. Typical of business letters, formal speeches, and addressing customers or guests.
  彼女かのじょは王女おうじょ様さまになった夢ゆめを見みた。↗

  She dreamed that she was a princess.
• 見逃すみのがすJLPT N1approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbThe verb for missing something you might see, catch, or notice — a chance, a detail, a broadcast — or for overlooking a fault and letting it pass. This covers the 'miss' of failing to notice.
  これは絶対ぜったい見逃みのがせないよ。↗

  It's just too good to pass up.
• 殿どのCommon
  suffixSeldom the word you want for 'Miss': a formal honorific seen chiefly in addresses, formal letters, and documents. Like the others it merely follows a name and does not mark an unmarried woman.
• 欠かすかかすCommon
  godan verb, transitive verbFor 'miss' meaning to fail or neglect to do something — leaving out a duty or a usual practice. It very often appears in the negative, conveying that something is done without fail.

Use 「見逃す」 for failing to see or notice something and 「欠かす」 for failing to do something; as titles, 「さん」 is the everyday name-honorific, 様 more respectful, 殿 for formal writing — none marks marital status.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• さんMr
• 様さまMr
• 見逃すみのがすto miss
• 殿どのMr.
• 欠かすかかすto miss (doing)
• 逃すのがすto miss (e.g. a chance)
• 見失うみうしなうto lose sight of
• 見落とすみおとすto overlook
• 損するそんするto lose (money, etc.)
• 逸するいっするto lose (a chance)
• 氏しMr
• 乗り遅れるのりおくれるto miss (a train, bus, etc.)
• 懐かしむなつかしむto yearn (for)
• 失するしっするto lose
• それるto turn away
• 慕うしたうto yearn for
• 見過ごすみすごすto let go by
• ミスMiss
• 取り逃がすとりにがすto fail to catch
• 恋い慕うこいしたうto miss
• フロイラインmiss
• 乗り損なうのりそこなうto miss (e.g. train, plane)
• 取り損なうとりそこなうto miss
• 行き損なういきそこなうto miss (boat, plane, train, etc.)
• 乗りはぐれるのりはぐれるto miss (train, boat)
• 乗り逃すのりのがすto miss (train, boat)
• ぱぐれるto miss (one's chance to ...)
• 取り損ねるとりそこねるto miss
• 抜かりぬかりblunder
• 聞き逃すききのがすto fail to hear something
• 聞き漏らすききもらすto fail to hear
• 恋しがるこいしがるto yearn for
• 打ちそこなううちそこなうto fail to hit
• 聞き落とすききおとすto fail to hear
• 逸すいっすto lose (a chance)
• ちゃまMr.
• やりそこないfailure
• しそこなうto blunder
• し損ねるしそこねるto blunder
• 君くんMs
• 嬢じょうMiss
• 失ううしなうto miss (a chance, opportunity)
• 外れはずれmiss
• はぐれるto miss (one's chance to ...)
• 逃がすにがすto miss (e.g. a chance)
• そらすto miss (the target, ball, etc.)
• 姉さんねえさんmiss
• お姉さんおねえさんmiss
• 女史じょしMs
• すかmiss
• 聞き損なうききそこなうto miss (the chance to hear)
• 外すはずすto miss (a target, chance, punch, etc.)
• 漏らすもらすto fail to do
• どんMr.