Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 喪失(そうしつ) in Japanese

喪失
Kana Reading
そうしつ
Romaji
sōshitsu
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
    Meaning
    loss; forfeit
    Example sentence
    水不足は森林の喪失によって起こる。 Water shortage is caused by the loss of forests.

Examples of 喪失, そうしつ in a sentence

Kanji in this word

喪 JLPT 1

12 strokes

miss, mourning

On'Yomi: ソウ

Kun'Yomi: も

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失 JLPT 3

5 strokes

lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss

On'Yomi: シツ

Kun'Yomi: うしな.う, う.せる

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