をなくす

to lose

→ を

phrase Common #2,756

to lose Used when someone loses or misplaces an object. The particle を marks the thing that was lost. The dictionary form をなくす appears in statements, warnings, and general conditions; in actual past events, it is commonly inflected as をなくした or をなくしてしまった.

JA: 鍵をなくすと困るよ。

EN: It would be a problem if you lost your keys.

君は鍵をなくすなんて不注意だったね。

It was careless of you to lose your keys.

どうすれば戦争をなくす事ができるか。

How can we eliminate war?

健康を害することはお金をなくすことより重大である。

Damaging your health is more serious than losing money.

どうしたら戦争をなくすことができるか。

How can we eliminate war?

トムはよく物をなくす。

Tom often loses things.