失(な)くし物(もの)

なくしもの

noun

lost item; something one has lost

1. lost item; something one has lost

An item the owner has misplaced and whose whereabouts are unknown. Compare with 落(お)とし物(もの) (a dropped item, typically found by someone else).

失(な)くし物(もの)をした。

I lost something.

失(な)くし物(もの)が見(み)つかった。

The lost item turned up.

I've been losing a lot of things lately — keys, wallets — and it's becoming a problem.

Compound of 失(な)くす (to lose) + 物(もの) (thing). The connecting い of the verb stem is dropped.

落(お)とし物(もの): a dropped/found item — emphasis on having been dropped, often found and turned in by others. Lost-and-found offices are 落(お)とし物(もの)係(がかり), not 失(な)くし物(もの)係(がかり).
忘(わす)れ物(もの): a forgotten item — left behind somewhere (in a store, on a train); the owner usually knows where they left it.

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Added 2026.6.6 13:04 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02

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