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滅失
滅失
See also: 灭失
Chinese
| extinguish | to lose; to miss; to fail | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (滅失) | 滅 | 失 | |
| simp. (灭失) | 灭 | 失 | |
Noun
滅失
Verb
滅失
- to lose
Usage notes
This term is usually restricted to legal contexts.
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 滅 | 失 |
|
めつ > めっ Grade: S |
しつ Grade: 4 |
| on'yomi | |
Noun
滅失 (hiragana めっしつ, romaji messhitsu)
Usage notes
Used especially in real estate or the law, very rarely used in conversation.
Compounds
- 滅失登録 (messhitsu tōroku, “registration of loss of property”)
Verb
滅失する (intransitive, hiragana めっしつする, romaji messhitsu suru)
- to suffer destruction, to be ruined, to be extinguished (as in property)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "滅失する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 滅失し | めっしつし | messhitsu shi | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 滅失し | めっしつし | messhitsu shi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 滅失する | めっしつする | messhitsu suru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 滅失する | めっしつする | messhitsu suru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 滅失すれ | めっしつすれ | messhitsu sure | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 滅失せよ¹ 滅失しろ² |
めっしつせよ¹ めっしつしろ² |
messhitsu seyo¹ messhitsu shiro² |
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| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 滅失される | めっしつされる | messhitsu sareru | |
| Causative | 滅失させる 滅失さす |
めっしつさせる めっしつさす |
messhitsu saseru messhitsu sasu |
|
| Potential | 滅失できる | めっしつできる | messhitsu dekiru | |
| Volitional | 滅失しよう | めっしつしよう | messhitsu shiyō | |
| Negative | 滅失しない | めっしつしない | messhitsu shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 滅失せず | めっしつせず | messhitsu sezu | |
| Formal | 滅失します | めっしつします | messhitsu shimasu | |
| Perfective | 滅失した | めっしつした | messhitsu shita | |
| Conjunctive | 滅失して | めっしつして | messhitsu shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 滅失すれば | めっしつすれば | messhitsu sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||