のがす – Vocabulary details

のがす

Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)

1. to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away

2. to set free; to let go

Auxiliary verb

3. to fail to ...

after the -masu stem of a verb

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to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by

to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by

to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide

チャンスをのがしたわね。

You missed your chance.

トムは電でん車しゃをのがしたばかりだ。

Tom just missed his train.

彼かれはその千せん載ざい一いち遇ぐうのチャンスをのがさなかった。

He wasn't about to pass up that once-in-a-lifetime chance.

トムは終しゅう電でんをのがし、ネットカフェで一いち夜やを過すごした。

Tom missed the last train and spent the night at an Internet cafe.

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