焼失 (Shoushitsu): Destruction by Fire, Losing in a Fire

Meaning

English

destruction by fire
losing in a fire
being burnt down

Reading

Kana

しょうしつ

Romaji

shoushitsu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Synonyms 烏有に帰す,灰燼に帰す,煙になる,焼尽,焼亡,焼滅,焼け失せる,燃え尽きる Rank 20750 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

焼け失せる

やけうせる

to burn up completely

焼失を免れる

しょうしつをまぬかれる

to be saved from the fire

焼き肉

やきにく

roasted meat

焼き鳥

やきとり

failing to win a single hand during a half-game

焼きそば

やきそば

yakisoba

焼き畑

やきばた

land made arable by the slash-and-burn method

焼死

しょうし

death by fire

焼く

やく

to burn

焼ける

やける

to become hot (from the sun)

焼きもち

やきもち

jealousy

焼け跡

やけあと

ruins of a fire

焼き物

やきもの

tempered blade

Example Sentences

3

１０軒の家がその火事で焼失した。

The fire burnt ten houses down.

城は1485年に焼失し、再建されることはなかった。

The castle, burnt down in 1485, was not rebuilt.

蔵書の半分以上が昨夜の火事で焼失してしまった。

More than half of my books were destroyed by the fire last night.