Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 焼失(しょうしつ) in Japanese

焼失
Kana Reading
しょうしつ
Romaji
shōshitsu
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
    Meaning
    being destroyed by fire
    Example sentence
    蔵書の半分以上が昨夜の火事で焼失してしまった。 More than half of my books were destroyed by the fire last night.

Examples of 焼失, しょうしつ in a sentence

Kanji in this word

焼 JLPT 2

12 strokes

bake, burning

On'Yomi: ショウ

Kun'Yomi: や.く, や.き, や.き-, -や.き, や.ける

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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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