Question Uses for ushinatte/nakushite

[Fearabhata]

Hello, long time not see, o-hisa shiburidesu
Have been honing my Japanese for some time now and got to learn about those 2 words.
Nakushite and Ushinatte..Are they both interchangeble?
I learned that the essence of some words like for example in ["Life"] = "Seikatsu", "Seimei", "Sonzai" have different usages.

Is this here a similar example?

Nakushite I used in a sence that I lost something that I belonged to/it was a part of me, like for instance a place (ibasho).
What about Ushinatte? It was used in a sense of "losing words", is there a genetal concept in to which word to use?

 

[Majestic]

Losing your wallet or your keys or your cell-phone is
無くした、なくした (I lost it, I left it somewhere)
無くなった、なくなった (It's lost/gone)
無くしてしまった、なくしてしまった (I lost it, I left it somewhere)
無くなちゃった、なくなちゃった (It's lost/gone)
etc.

While you could use うしなう, it somehow feels too formal and too final, and its not entirely appropriate for handheld items. It might be better to use in situations where a big thing is lost to fire or economic collaps (like a house or a business). Or, as you said, losing some intangeable item like words or memory.

Be aware that 無くなる (to lose) is different from 亡くなる (which means to die), but can be similar in context and usage.
うしなう can also be used to indicate a death. Sorry, it gets confusing, and its one of those situations for which the casual learner doesn't get a lot of practice.

 

[Toritoribe]

In addition, while ushinau is always non-volitional, nakusu can be volitional.

〇私の目標は、世界から戦争をなくすことです。
×私の目標は、世界から戦争をうしなうことです。

〇信号を設置して、事故の危険をなくした。
×信号を設置して、事故の危険をうしなった。

 

[Fearabhata]

thanks.. But know that I know only Hiragana as for now ^^ I just learned for 2 months, coning off gaelic lessons

 

[mdchachi]

nakusu

ushinau