紛失 (ふんしつ, funshitsu) Japanese meaning: loss | Kotomora

紛ふん失しつ

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紛失する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	紛ふん失しつする	紛ふん失しつしない
Polite	紛ふん失しつします	紛ふん失しつしません
Past polite	紛ふん失しつしました	紛ふん失しつしませんでした
Past	紛ふん失しつした	紛ふん失しつしなかった
Te-form	紛ふん失しつして	紛ふん失しつしないで
Desire	紛ふん失しつしたい	紛ふん失しつしたくない
Potential	紛ふん失しつできる	紛ふん失しつできない
Passive	紛ふん失しつされる	紛ふん失しつされない
Causative	紛ふん失しつさせる	紛ふん失しつさせない
Causative passive	紛ふん失しつさせられる	紛ふん失しつさせられない
Volitional	紛ふん失しつしよう
Polite volitional	紛ふん失しつしましょう
Imperative	紛ふん失しつしろ	紛ふん失しつするな
Conditional	紛ふん失しつすれば	紛ふん失しつしなければ
Tara conditional	紛ふん失しつしたら	紛ふん失しつしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

loss; going missing; misplacement

Used as a noun or with する for losing an item or for an item going missing. Compared with なくす, 紛失 is more formal and is common in administrative, police, travel, and business contexts.

パスポートを紛ふん失しつした場ば合あいは

Kanji

紛distract, be mistaken for, go astray
失lose, error, fault

Transitive / intransitive

紛失 is used both transitively and intransitively: transitively as 荷物を紛失する ("to lose the luggage"), and intransitively as 荷物が紛失する ("the luggage goes missing").

Related words

無なくすN5
なくす is the everyday verb for losing something, while 紛失 is the formal, document-style term used in business, police, and travel contexts.
失うしなうN3
失う is a broader verb that can mean losing abstract things like trust or opportunities, whereas 紛失 refers specifically to a physical item going missing.
ロスト
紛失 is the formal, often written term for losing an item (as in official reports), whereas ロスト is a casual, borrowed alternative used in tech or business speech.

Opposites

拾しゅう得とくN1
拾得 means finding or picking up a lost item, the administrative opposite of 紛失, which means the item going missing.

Don't confuse with

盗とう難なんN2
盗難 specifically means theft, while 紛失 only states that something is missing and does not imply it was stolen.
消しょう失しつ
消失 means something vanishing or ceasing to exist (e.g. data, a phenomenon), whereas 紛失 is used for a physical belonging going missing.
遺い失しつ
遺失 is a legal term emphasizing unintentionally leaving an item behind (as in 遺失物, lost-and-found items), while 紛失 more generally means the item cannot be found.
紛ふん糾きゅう
紛糾 means a situation becomes chaotic or deadlocked, whereas 紛失 means to lose an object, despite sharing the kanji 紛.

Counted with

件けんN2
matter; affair; case; item; subject · counter for received messages · counter for online accounts

Word family

紛ふん失しつ届とどけ
lost property report; report of a lost article
紛ふん失しつ物ぶつ
lost item; lost article

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound written with 紛, associated here with confusion or disorder, and 失, meaning loss. The compound conventionally means loss or misplacement.

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