紛失

ふんしつ · funshitsu · JLPT N1 · noun

losing something

🎒 紛 = fine silk threads scattered; 失 = lost. Threads drift off and vanish.

紛 means scattered or in disarray, 失 means lost. Something scattered and gone is lost: 紛失 (funshitsu) = losing an item.

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