| おまんまの食い上げ | [おまんまのくいあげ, omanmanokuiage] (exp) (See 食い上げ) losing the means of livelihood |
| ガクリ;ガクッ | [, gakuri ; gakutsu] (adv,adv-to) (sound effect for) collapsing; losing strength; slumping |
| カッと(P);かっと | [, katsu to (P); katto] (adv,vs) (1) (on-mim) flaring up; burning hotly; suddenly becoming bright; (2) (on-mim) flying into a rage; losing one's cool; (3) (on-mim) opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (4) (on-mim) (arch) acting resolutely; (P) |
| ガン切れ | [ガンぎれ;ガンギレ, gan gire ; gangire] (n,vs) (sl) (See キレる) losing one's cool; blowing one's top |
| げっそり | [, gessori] (adv,n,vs) being disheartened; losing weight |
| ダイエット | [, daietto] (n,vs) (1) diet; (2) losing weight by any method (e.g. exercise); (P) |
| プッツン;ぷっつん | [, puttsun ; puttsun] (n,vs) (1) (sl) (See プッツン女優) weird; crazy; losing common sense; snapping; (2) sound of a stretched string snapping |
| ペットロス | [, pettorosu] (n) emotional effect on pet owners from losing their pet (wasei |
| 一得一失 | [いっとくいっしつ, ittokuisshitsu] (n) gaining some and losing some; (something having its) advantages and disadvantages |
| 下野 | [げや, geya] (n,vs) (1) (of a public servant) retirement from public office; (2) (of a political party) (See 野党) going into opposition; losing power; (P) |
| 人後 | [じんご, jingo] (n-adv,n-t) behind others; losing out to others |
| 力負け | [ちからまけ, chikaramake] (n,vs) losing by being overmatched; losing by misusing one's powers |
| 型崩れ | [かたくずれ, katakuzure] (n,vs) losing shape; getting out of shape |
| 失脚 | [しっきゃく, shikkyaku] (n,vs) losing one's standing; being overthrown; falling; (P) |
| 客離れ | [きゃくばなれ, kyakubanare] (n) customers losing interest in product or shop |
| 怪我負け | [けがまけ, kegamake] (n) losing accidentally |
| 息切れ | [いきぎれ, ikigire] (n,vs) (1) shortness of breath; panting; puffing; (2) running out of steam (e.g. economy); losing momentum; (P) |
| 戸惑い | [とまどい, tomadoi] (n,vs) being at sea; losing one's bearings; confusion; wonderment; (P) |
| 消化 | [しょうか, shouka] (n,vs,adj-no) (1) digestion; (2) thorough understanding; (3) selling accumulated (excess) products; dealing with a large amount of work; (4) losing one's form and turning into something else; (P) |
| 玩物喪志 | [がんぶつそうし, ganbutsusoushi] (n) forgetting one's serious objectives by becoming engrossed in trivial pursuits; being distracted by trivial objects and losing sight of one's original goal |
| 角番大関 | [かどばんおおぜき, kadoban'oozeki] (n) (See 角番) ozeki-ranked sumo wrester in danger of losing his rank |
| 足が地に着かない;足が地に付かない;足が地につかない | [あしがちにつかない, ashigachinitsukanai] (exp) losing oneself; on top of the world; walking on air; frivolous |
| 零敗 | [れいはい, reihai] (n,vs) going undefeated; losing without scoring a point; whitewash; being shut out |
| 食い上げ | [くいあげ, kuiage] (n) (1) losing the means of livelihood; (2) (arch) a samurai's annual rice stipend being suspended; (3) (in fishing) the fish swimming upward after biting the fishhook |
| 食い逸れ | [くいはぐれ, kuihagure] (n) missing a meal; losing means to make one's livelihood |