亡なくす

なくす nakusu

to lose (a family member, e.g. a wife or child)
to be bereaved of

godan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

失去（亲人）；丧失

Examples

Furigana

息子むすこを亡なくした夫ふう婦ふに誰だれもが同どう情じょうした。
Everyone sympathized with the parents about their son's death.
大家都同情失去儿子的夫妇。
Tatoeba #139899
夫おっとを亡なくした婦ふ人じんは、未み亡ぼう人じんです。
A woman whose husband has died is a widow.
失去丈夫的女性是寡妇。
Tatoeba #84985

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('972c45f9d5'); // 亡くす

{
  "id": "972c45f9d5",
  "word": "亡くす",
  "reading": "なくす",
  "romaji": "nakusu",
  "meanings": [
    "to lose (a family member, e.g. a wife or child)",
    "to be bereaved of"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "v5s",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 2835808,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "息子を亡くした夫婦に誰もが同情した。",
      "furigana": "{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。",
      "en": "Everyone sympathized with the parents about their son's death.",
      "tatoeba_id": 139899
    },
    {
      "ja": "夫を亡くした婦人は、未亡人です。",
      "furigana": "{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。",
      "en": "A woman whose husband has died is a widow.",
      "tatoeba_id": 84985
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "126e052232f92a2389528244679fea42757e314f9f543e13744c552ef41e49d4",
    "meanings": [
      "失去（亲人）",
      "丧失"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "息子を亡くした夫婦に誰もが同情した。",
        "zh": "大家都同情失去儿子的夫妇。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "夫を亡くした婦人は、未亡人です。",
        "zh": "失去丈夫的女性是寡妇。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/972c45f9d5",
      "JMdict ent_seq 2835808; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "5a582ae8d4005792edf46e9d7a6fc80ac6502b0f30395855073aed563938b33a"
  }
}