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失う

to lose

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Conjugation of 失う

This verb follows the godan conjugation pattern. This verb can also mean the following: miss, miss an opportunity
私/俺
Present informal tense
失う
ushinau
I lose
Present informal negative tense
失わない
ushinawanai
I don't lose
Present formal tense
失います
ushinaimasu
I lose
Present formal negative tense
失いません
ushinaimasen
I do not lose
私/俺
Past informal tense
失った
ushinatta
I lost
Past informal negative tense
失わなかった
ushinawanakatta
I didn't lose
Past formal tense
失いました
ushinaimashita
I lose
Past formal negative tense
失いませんでした
ushinaimasen deshita
I did not lose
私/俺
Imperative informal mood
失え
ushinae
lose
Imperative negative mood
失うな
ushinau na
don't lose
Imperative formal mood
失ってください
ushinatte kudasai
please lose
Imperative formal negative mood
失わないでください
ushinawanai dekudasai
please do not lose
私/俺
Te form - conjunctive stem
失って
ushinatte
lose
Passive stem
失われる
ushinawareru
lost
Hypothetical tense
失え
ushinae
if I lost
Hypothetical conditional stem
失えば
ushinaeba
lost
私/俺
Volitional stem
失おう
ushinaō
will lose
Potential stem
失える
ushinaeru
lost
Continuative stem
失い
ushinai
losing
Causative stem
失わせる
ushinawaseru
allow to lose
私/俺
Imperfective stem
失わ
ushinawa
lose

Examples of 失う

君を 失う

I miss you so much.

金がどこにあるか教えないと、 それよりも大事なものを 失う

And you're gonna lose a whole lot more, unless you tell me right here and right now you're gonna bring me the money, you're gonna bring me the boat.

それよりも大事なものを 失う ボートに連れて行く

And you're gonna lose a whole lot more, unless you tell me right here and right now you're gonna bring me the money, you're gonna bring me the boat.

失った 足を無くした時に!

Crown. Whatever. But first, what happened loved my Pearl?

ぼくは薬漬けにされ ヴィジョンは消えた... ...でも同時に 感情も 生活も 失った... 選択を迫られ

They gave me a bunch of pills and, you know, the pills stopped the visions but they pretty much stopped everything else also so I had this choice.

愛を 失った?

Have you fallen out of love with me? No.

今日 数十年の研究成果を 失った

We lost decades of research and development today.

お母さんを 失った。 そうだろう?

You lost your mother, didn't you?

我々一同 彼らを 失って 悲嘆に暮れています

# To keep good love #

本が 無ければ、 知識は 永遠に 失われる。

If there were no books, all knowledge would be lost for eternity.

おまえが この髪を 1本切れば 1つの物語が 失われる。 永遠にだ。

You could snap a hair, you'll lose the story of me forever.

言ってみろ ─ 仲間を3人 失い 裏切りにいくら払う?

And how much you propose for the loss of three of my men and for selling me out?

仲間を3人 失い 裏切りにいくら払う?

How much did they offer you?

失わず...

Timing.