ミス

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Japanese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From English mis- or miss.

Noun

ミス • (misu) 

  1. mistake, error
    ミスじゃないので大(だい)丈(じょう)夫(ぶ)ですよ！
    Misu ja nai no de daijōbu desu yo!
    Don't worry, it's not a mistake!
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Suffix

ミス

  1. mis-
    操作(そうさ)ミス
    sōsa misu
    misoperation
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Verb

ミスする • (misu suru) suru (stem ミスし (misusuru shi), past ミスした (misusuru shita))

  1. make a mistake
Conjugation
Conjugation of "ミスする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") ミスし misu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") ミスし misu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") ミスする misu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") ミスする misu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") ミスすれ misu sure
Meireikei ("imperative") ミスせよ¹
ミスしろ² 		misu seyo¹
misu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive ミスされる misu sareru
Causative ミスさせる
ミスさす 		misu saseru
misu sasu
Potential ミスできる misu dekiru
Volitional ミスしよう misu shiyō
Negative ミスしない misu shinai
Negative continuative ミスせず misu sezu
Formal ミスします misu shimasu
Perfective ミスした misu shita
Conjunctive ミスして misu shite
Hypothetical conditional ミスすれば misu sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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Etymology 2

From English Miss.

Noun

ミス • (misu) 

  1. Miss (term of address for a woman, especially an unmarried woman)
    ミスマープル
    Misu Māpuru
    Miss Marple
  2. an unmarried woman
    ハイミス
    hai misu
    spinster, old maid
  3. a beauty pageant contestant; a beauty pageant
    • 2015, Kurara Chibana, Kurara to kotoba [Kurara’s words], →ISBN, page 6:
      ミス・ユニバースというミス・コンテストに出(で)たとき、最(さい)初(しょ)は「私(わたし)なんて」って思(おも)っていた。
      Misu Yunibāsu to iu misu kontesuto ni deta toki, saisho wa “Watashi nante” tte omotte-ita.
      When I was in the Miss Universe beauty pageant contest, at first I was thinking “What, me?”

Etymology 3

From English myth.

Noun

ミス • (misu) 

  1. myth, legend
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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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