Kanji

miss, mourning

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

12 strokes

Radical

口部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ソウ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

Common Readings

ソウ, も

Example sentences

喪失 そうしつ
長い闘病生活の末、彼は生きる意欲を喪失した

After a long battle with illness, he lost the will to live.

戦意 せんい
彼は圧倒的な実力差を前に戦意を喪失した。

He lost his will to fight in the face of an overwhelming difference in ability.

記憶喪失 きおくそうしつ
事故の後、彼は一時的な記憶喪失に陥った。

After the accident, he fell into temporary amnesia.

喪失感 そうしつかん
祖父を亡くした後、彼女は深い喪失感に包まれた。

After losing her grandfather, she was enveloped in a deep sense of loss.

喪服 もふく
突然の訃報を受け、急いでクローゼットから喪服を取り出した。

Upon receiving the sudden news of a death, I hurried to take my mourning clothes out of the closet.

鈍色 にびいろ
彼女は鈍色の喪服を着ていた。

She was wearing a dark gray mourning dress.

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