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見失う · godan verb (-u)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	見み失うしなう	見み失うしなわない
Polite	見み失うしないます	見み失うしないません
Past polite	見み失うしないました	見み失うしないませんでした
Past	見み失うしなった	見み失うしなわなかった
Te-form	見み失うしなって	見み失うしなわないで
Desire	見み失うしないたい	見み失うしないたくない
Potential	見み失うしなえる	見み失うしなえない
Passive	見み失うしなわれる	見み失うしなわれない
Causative	見み失うしなわせる	見み失うしなわせない
Causative passive	見み失うしなわせられるalso 見み失うしなわされる	見み失うしなわせられないalso 見み失うしなわされない
Volitional	見み失うしなおう
Polite volitional	見み失うしないましょう
Imperative	見み失うしなえ	見み失うしなうな
Conditional	見み失うしなえば	見み失うしなわなければ
Tara conditional	見み失うしなったら	見み失うしなわなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-u), transitive verb

lose sight of; miss

Used when you can no longer see something you were tracking, or figuratively when you lose track of a goal or opportunity.

〈人ひと〉の姿すがたを見み失うしなうto lose sight of someone's figure in a crowd or at a distance
人ひと混ごみで友とも達だちの姿すがたを見み失うしなった。
I lost sight of my friend in the crowd.
目もく標ひょうを見み失うしなうto lose sight of one's goal or purpose
忙いそがしさのあまり、人じん生せいの目もく標ひょうを見み失うしなってしまった。
I got so busy that I lost sight of my goals in life.
自じ分ぶんを見み失うしなうto lose one's sense of self
彼かれはお金かねに振ふり回まわされて自じ分ぶんを見み失うしなっている。
He has lost himself, being controlled by money.
方ほう向こうを見み失うしなうto lose one's sense of direction or bearings
山やま道みちで方ほう向こうを見み失うしなってしまった。
I lost my sense of direction on the mountain trail.

見み逃のがすN2
見逃す means to overlook or miss something (often on purpose or by accident), while 見失う means to lose track of something you were visually or mentally following.
見み落おとすN1
見落とす means to overlook something out of carelessness without noticing it at all, while 見失う means to lose sight of something you had already been watching or following.
失うしなうN3
失う is the general verb for losing something such as an object, ability, or person, while 見失う specifically means losing sight or track of something you were watching or pursuing.
はぐれるN1
見失う means to lose sight of something or someone you were watching, while はぐれる specifically describes becoming separated from a companion or group, often in a crowd.

見みつけるN4
見つける means to find or spot something, the direct opposite of 見失う, which means to lose sight of it.
見出みいだすN1
見失う means to lose sight of or fail to keep track of something, the opposite of 見出す's sense of discovering or noticing something.

見み誤あやまるN2
見誤る means to misjudge or misread something you actually saw, while 見失う means to lose sight of something entirely, no longer being able to see or track it.

見み失うしなうUsage97%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
見みうしなうUsage2%
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Search-only kanji form; not a practical written variant.
みうしなうUsage1%

Compound of 見る (miru, 'to see') and 失う (ushinau, 'to lose').