亡くす

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
亡
な Grade: 6
kun'yomi

See also 無くす, and 失くす

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) なくす (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「亡くす」

Stem forms
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形)	亡くす	なくす
Imperative (命令形)	亡くせ	なくせ
Key constructions
Passive	亡くされる	なくされる
Causative	亡くさせる	なくさせる
Potential	-	-	-
Volitional	亡くそう	なくそー
Negative	亡くさない	なくさない
Negative perfective	亡くさなかった	なくさなかった
Formal	亡くします	なくします
Perfective	亡くした	なくした
Conjunctive	亡くして	なくして
Hypothetical conditional	亡くせば	なくせば

Verb

亡(な)くす • (nakusu) transitive godan (stem 亡(な)くし (nakushi), past 亡(な)くした (nakushita))

lose a person, suffer the death of another person

Conjugation

Conjugation of "亡くす" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	亡くさ	なくさ	nakusa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	亡くし	なくし	nakushi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	亡くす	なくす	nakusu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	亡くす	なくす	nakusu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	亡くせ	なくせ	nakuse
Meireikei ("imperative")	亡くせ	なくせ	nakuse
Key constructions
Passive	亡くされる	なくされる	nakusareru
Causative	亡くさせる亡くさす	なくさせるなくさす	nakusaseru nakusasu
Potential	亡くせる	なくせる	nakuseru
Volitional	亡くそう	なくそう	nakusō
Negative	亡くさない	なくさない	nakusanai
Negative continuative	亡くさず	なくさず	nakusazu
Formal	亡くします	なくします	nakushimasu
Perfective	亡くした	なくした	nakushita
Conjunctive	亡くして	なくして	nakushite
Hypothetical conditional	亡くせば	なくせば	nakuseba

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