失明|しつめいshitsumei[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbloss of eyesight; loss of sight; going blind; blindness
    彼かれはあやうく片目かためを失明しつめいするところだった。↗
    He came close to losing an eye.
Conjugation
Dictionary form失明する(しつめいする)
Polite (masu)失明します(しつめいします)
Negative (nai)失明しない(しつめいしない)
polite (masen)失明しません(しつめいしません)
classical zu / nu失明せず・失明せぬ(しつめいせず・しつめいせぬ)
Past (ta)失明した(しつめいした)
polite (mashita)失明しました(しつめいしました)
Past negative (nakatta)失明しなかった(しつめいしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)失明しませんでした(しつめいしませんでした)
Te form失明して(しつめいして)
Potential失明できる(しつめいできる)
Passive失明される(しつめいされる)
Causative失明させる(しつめいさせる)
Causative passive失明させられる(しつめいさせられる)
Conditional (ba)失明すれば(しつめいすれば)
tara失明したら(しつめいしたら)
Volitional失明しよう(しつめいしよう)
polite (mashou)失明しましょう(しつめいしましょう)
Imperative失明しろ(しつめいしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym盲目もうもくNeutralCovers the state of being unable to see, and figuratively losing one's reason (as in blind love). It stresses the state; 「失明」 stresses the act of losing sight.
  • Synonym盲めくらNeutralRefers to blindness or being unable to see. The bare word is now mostly found in compounds such as 「盲導犬」; on its own it can sound discriminatory, so use with care.
  • Related盲もうNeutralRefers to blindness or being unable to see. The bare word is now mostly found in compounds such as 「盲導犬」; on its own it can sound discriminatory, so use with care.
  • Antonym晴眼NeutralThe antonym: a person with normal vision. It contrasts with losing one's sight and appears mostly in welfare-related language.

Use 「失明」 for losing one's eyesight through illness or an accident, as in 「事故で失明する」. For the state of being unable to see, 「盲目」 is the usual word; 「晴眼」 refers to someone with normal vision.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 視力しりょくを失うしなうこと。
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