Keyword
be lost
Info
FrequencyTop 400-500
Type
Kyōiku (5th grade) 
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KankenLevel 6
Heisig992
Readings
めい
(54%)
まよ
(40%)
まい
(4%)
Composed of
rice
road
Mnemonic

When you find a huge pile of rice on the road you know you are lost.

Used in kanji (1 in total)
riddle
Used in vocabulary (112 in total)
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
Examples (126 in total)
"Sorry again for getting a little lost." "It's fine, I just got here too."
I'm so lost.
I got a bit lost. Sorry to have worried you.
I'm not sure which one to choose.
I am afraid that you will get lost.
He got lost while walking in the woods.
She wondered whether she should let him go or not.
As they didn't know the way, they soon got lost.
His son was lost in the town.
She wondered which door to open.
I'm not sure what I should do.
Who was that troublesome man?
Mom, I'm sorry for always causing you trouble.
I don't want to cause anyone any more trouble.
I'm still undecided whether to go by car or by train.
I have so many clothes I don't know what to wear tomorrow.
I do not want to cause you any trouble.
I'm sorry to cause you all this trouble.
Sorry. I didn't mean to bother you.
It is common for children to cause trouble.
He gives us a lot of trouble, but I like him all the same.
He gave us quite a lot of trouble.
I caused him a lot of trouble.
I am in doubt what to do with him.
I wonder what happened to that lost child.
They all searched for the lost child.
The villagers went in search of the missing child.
Who has found a lost dog?
No matter how hard he tried, he could not get out of the maze.
He got lost in the park.
We got lost in the cave.
The children got lost in the woods.
She always gets lost.
She went in search of her lost child.
I was afraid of getting lost in the dark.
We are looking for the boy and the dog that are lost.
No matter where I go, I get lost.
It's easy to get lost.
It's easy to get lost, so please be careful.
You'll get lost.
Sometimes bears wander into our village.
The identity of the lost child was confirmed by its clothes.
I helped the boy who got lost in the department store.
One day I was lost in London.
She wanted to return home, but she got lost.
Excuse me, I'm lost.
The boy got lost in the forest.
The man lost his way in the woods.
Did the old man get lost in the forest?
Why did you get lost in the woods?
If he had carried the map with him, he wouldn't have got lost.
If it had not been for the map, I would have lost my way.
I lost my way in New York.
I got lost when I visited you for the first time.
I got lost trying to find the library.
I got lost on my way home.
The little boy was lost in the forest.
His brother was lost in the town.
He got lost on his way to the village.
He gets lost wherever he goes.
He got lost in the city.
He may have lost his way.
He set off in the wrong direction and got lost in the woods.
He lost his way in the snow.
I'm worried that she may have gotten lost.
She has not come here yet. I am afraid she may have lost her way.
When she got lost, she wished she had followed his advice.
We found that we had lost our way.
If I lose my way while in Japan, who should I ask for help?
I hear that even taxi drivers often get lost in Tokyo.
He lost his way in the woods.
Have fun, but don't get lost.
The prince was lost in the woods.
It was near the river that I lost my way.
We got lost in the forest.
We got lost in the fog.
I lost my way here last week.
I got lost in the forest.
I got lost and had a hard time finding my way back to the hotel.
It seems that we have lost our way.
We lost our way and did not know what to do.
We got lost in the snow.
A lost dog strayed into our neighborhood yesterday.
Are you lost?
Not having been to Tokyo for a long time, I often got lost.
I got lost in the snow.
Is Tom lost?
I'm worried Tom will get lost.
I suspect Tom and Mary are lost.
Tom looked around and realized he was lost.
Tom always gets lost if he doesn't carry a map.
Tom is afraid that I'll get lost.
Tom was wearing a camouflage jacket.
Was Tom lost?
Lots of superstitions are still believed in.
He believes in the superstition that 13 is an unlucky number.
He was doubtful about which way to take.
The northernmost part of the city is a maze of alleys.
Seeing his mother, the lost child burst into tears.
I was lost in the crowd.
This superstition still lingers on among them.
Sometimes she was careless enough to lose her way.
She lost her way and on top of that it began to rain.
If you lose your way, ask a policeman.
Don't let go of my hand, or you'll get lost.
When traveling, it is easy to get lost.
They lost their way; otherwise, they would have arrived long ago.
Such a ridiculous superstition no longer exists.
Mr Smith lost his way in the dense fog.
They overcame many inveterate superstitions.
I lost my way in Boston.
I have a good sense of direction, so I don't get lost.
She's annoying and selfish.
Most of the soldiers were wearing camouflage uniforms.
Tom got lost in the Shinjuku station.
He lost his way in Shinjuku Station.
She searched about for her lost boy.
One day, Natsume Soseki was lost in London.
A lost child was sobbing at the police box.
I'm not sure whether I should go study abroad in Australia or Canada.
The noise was so loud that it was a nuisance to the neighbors.
I sent about 2.2 billion spam emails over a period of around one and a half years.
Check your spam folder.
She was superstitious, as the people of that period usually were.
I got lost, and to make matters worse, it began to rain.
I lost my way and, what was worse, it began to rain.