焼失|しょうしつshoushitsu[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbdestruction by fire; losing in a fire; being burnt down
    10軒けんの家いえがその火事かじで焼失しょうしつした。↗
    The fire burned down ten houses.
Conjugation
Dictionary form焼失する(しょうしつする)
Polite (masu)焼失します(しょうしつします)
Negative (nai)焼失しない(しょうしつしない)
polite (masen)焼失しません(しょうしつしません)
classical zu / nu焼失せず・焼失せぬ(しょうしつせず・しょうしつせぬ)
Past (ta)焼失した(しょうしつした)
polite (mashita)焼失しました(しょうしつしました)
Past negative (nakatta)焼失しなかった(しょうしつしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)焼失しませんでした(しょうしつしませんでした)
Te form焼失して(しょうしつして)
Potential焼失できる(しょうしつできる)
Passive焼失される(しょうしつされる)
Causative焼失させる(しょうしつさせる)
Causative passive焼失させられる(しょうしつさせられる)
Conditional (ba)焼失すれば(しょうしつすれば)
tara焼失したら(しょうしつしたら)
Volitional焼失しよう(しょうしつしよう)
polite (mashou)焼失しましょう(しょうしつしましょう)
Imperative焼失しろ(しょうしつしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym焼け落ちるやけおちるNeutralNeutral. Depicts a building burning down and collapsing, as in 「城が焼け落ちる」; at home in speech and writing alike, with a more vivid, pictorial feel than 「焼失」.
  • Related焼尽しょうじんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Means burning completely to nothing; rare, and stresses how thoroughly things burn rather than fire damage as such.
  • Related焼滅しょうめつWrittenWritten/formal prose. Means being destroyed or consumed by fire; used very rarely.
  • Antonym残存ざんぞんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Means surviving or remaining behind — the opposite of the fire destruction 「焼失」 describes.
  • Antonym現存げんぞんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Means existing now or being extant — the opposite of 「焼失」's state of having been destroyed.

Use 「焼失」 for buildings or cultural properties destroyed by fire, as in 「火災で焼失する」 or 「焼失面積」. For burning down and collapsing, say 「焼け落ちる」; for something still existing, 「現存」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 焼やけてなくなること。
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