WORD DETAIL
喪失
そうしつ
Examples
Included kanji
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.

