見失う|みうしなうmiushinau[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. godan verb, transitive verbto lose sight of; to miss
    我々われわれは群衆ぐんしゅうの中なかで彼女かのじょを見失みうしなった。↗
    We lost sight of her in the crowd.
Conjugation
Dictionary form見失う(みうしなう)
Polite (masu)見失います(みうしないます)
Negative (nai)見失わない(みうしなわない)
polite (masen)見失いません(みうしないません)
classical zu / nu見失わず・見失わぬ(みうしなわず・みうしなわぬ)
Past (ta)見失った(みうしなった)
polite (mashita)見失いました(みうしないました)
Past negative (nakatta)見失わなかった(みうしなわなかった)
polite (masen deshita)見失いませんでした(みうしないませんでした)
Te form見失って(みうしなって)
Potential見失える(みうしなえる)
Passive見失われる(みうしなわれる)
Causative見失わせる(みうしなわせる)
Causative passive見失わせられる・見失わされる(みうしなわせられる・みうしなわされる)
Conditional (ba)見失えば(みうしなえば)
tara見失ったら(みうしなったら)
Volitional見失おう(みうしなおう)
polite (mashou)見失いましょう(みうしないましょう)
Imperative見失え(みうしなえ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related見逃すみのがすNeutralCovers missing or letting something pass — failing to notice, or deliberately letting a wrongdoing slide. 「見失う」 is about something you were watching vanishing from view.
  • Related見過ごすみすごすNeutralRefers to overlooking something or letting it go unchallenged, as in 「見過ごせない」; 「見失う」 is about losing track of what you were following.
  • Related見落とすみおとすNeutralCovers overlooking — carelessly failing to notice something while looking at it, as in 「誤字を見落とす」.
  • Antonym見つけるみつけるNeutralThe opposite of 「見失う」: to find or spot something, rather than lose track of it.
  • Antonym発見はっけんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Refers to discovery or detection, the counterpart of 「見失う」.

Use 「見失う」 for losing track of a target or losing your direction or sense of self, as in 「犯人を見失う」 and 「目標を見失う」. For missing or letting something pass, use 「見逃す」; for overlooking, 「見落とす」. The opposite is 「見つける」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 今いままで見みえていたものの行き先いきさきなどが分わからなくなる。
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