滅失

See also: 灭失

Chinese

		extinguish	to lose; to miss; to fail
trad. (滅失)		滅	失
simp. (灭失)		灭	失

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mièshī

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄕ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mit⁶ sat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mièshī
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mièshih
    • Wade–Giles: mieh⁴-shih¹
    • Yale: myè-shr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miehshy
    • Palladius: меши (meši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mit⁶ sat¹
    • Yale: miht sāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mit⁹ sat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: mid⁶ sed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːt̚² sɐt̚⁵/

Noun

滅失

1. loss

Verb

滅失

1. 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(めっ)失(しつ) • (messhitsu) 

1. destruction, loss

Usage notes

Used especially in real estate or the law, very rarely used in conversation.

Derived terms

• 滅失登録(めっしつとうろく) (messhitsu tōroku, “registration of loss of property”)

Verb

滅(めっ)失(しつ)する • (messhitsu suru) intransitive suru (stem 滅(めっ)失(しつ)し (messhitsu shi), past 滅(めっ)失(しつ)した (messhitsu shita))

1. to suffer destruction, to be ruined, to be extinguished (as in property)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "滅失する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	滅失し	めっしつし	messhitsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	滅失し	めっしつし	messhitsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	滅失する	めっしつする	messhitsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	滅失する	めっしつする	messhitsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	滅失すれ	めっしつすれ	messhitsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	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
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