Japanese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of なくす – see the following entries.
無くす
[verb] to lose (something)
[verb] to get rid of
[verb] to lose (someone) (wife, child, etc.)
亡くす
[verb] lose a person, suffer the death of another person
失くす
[verb] lose something
(This term, なくす, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)