喪
miss · mourning
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Cultural Context
Etymology
Composed of wail and die. Wailing for dead.
Symbolism
Loss, mourning, funeral. Represents mourning.
Words & Expressions
Four-Character Compounds
意気阻喪
いきそそう
depressed in spirits; rejection; disheartened; depressed in spirits
心神喪失
しんしんそうしつ
of unsound mind; of unsound mind
玩物喪志
がんぶつそうし
forgetting one's serious objectives by becoming engrossed in trivial pursuits; being distracted by trivial objects and losing sight of one's original goal; forgetting one's serious objectives by becoming engrossed in trivial pursuits
戦意喪失
せんいそうしつ
loss of fighting spirit; losing the will to fight; loss of fighting spirit
士気阻喪
しきそそう
demoralization; collapse of morale; one's morale being shaken; demoralization
禍福得喪
かふくとくそう
calamity, good fortune, success and failure; calamity, good fortune, success and failure
喪に服す
もにふくす
To be in mourning; To live quietly in remembrance of the dead