亡くす

なくす
to lose someone, wife, child, etc

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なくす【亡くす】

**lose

/lúːz/ |他|(人)を失う， 亡くす

He lost his wife. 彼は奥さんを亡くした

*bury

/béri/ |他|〖S〗(家族)をなくす.

▲The accident bereaved him of his wife. その事故で彼は妻を亡くした(＝He was bereaved (by the death) of his wife in the accident. ).

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なくす【亡くす】

lose.

●娘を亡くした母親 a mother who has lost her daughter.

●3 人の友を病気で次々に亡くした. I've lost three friends in a row to illness.

・彼は幼くして両親を亡くした. He lost both (his) parents when he was a small [young] child. | He was but a young child when he lost both parents [was orphaned].