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喪失

そうしつ

N1loss

Examples

事故で大切な記録を喪失した。

文化財の喪失は地域にとって大きな痛手となった。

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Study notes

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

  • Structure: 喪失, read そうしつ, denotes the loss of something important that was previously possessed or present.
  • Basic usage: It describes losing records in an accident and the disappearance of cultural property harming a region.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

  • Loss of something once possessed or present
    • It is the result of something important once possessed or present disappearing, not an original absence.

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