失踪

しっそう

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Intransitive disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding

Kanji

• 失 lose. Read as シツ.
• 踪 whereabouts. Read as ソウ.

Example sentences

• 我々はその医者の失踪について調査しなければならない。
  We have to look into the disappearance of the doctor.
• ３日後になってはじめて彼女が失踪したことを知った。
  It was not until three days after that I knew she had disappeared.
• 警察は彼の失踪を調査している。
  The police are looking into his disappearance.
• 不法就労がバレたので、失踪を図りました。
  It was exposed that they were doing illegal work, so they planned their disappearance.

Common phrases

• 前に失踪する
• 失踪を知る

Words containing 失踪

• 失踪事件 (しっそうじけん) disappearance case
• 失踪者 (しっそうしゃ) missing person
• 失踪宣告 (しっそうせんこく) court decision declaring a missing person legally dead

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