How do you say "I lost my wallet" in Japanese?

Name: You Lost Your Wallet in Japan. The Odds Are Genuinely on Your Side.
Uploaded: 2026-08-16T18:07:34Z
Duration: 25 s
Description: Learn to say 財布をなくしました (saifu o nakushimashita) — I lost my wallet. A 30-second Japanese lesson for travelers from Kōfuku.

← All videos

You Lost Your Wallet in Japan. The Odds Are Genuinely on Your Side.

To say I lost my wallet in Japanese, say 財布をなくしました (saifu o nakushimashita).

Lost your wallet in Japan? Honestly, you'll probably get it back. But somebody has to hear you say it first.

財布をなくしました saifu o nakushimashita I lost my wallet

Survival emergency phrase #learnjapanese #japantravel #japantips #japanesephrases #traveljapan

Watch on Instagram ↗ Watch on Facebook ↗

In this video

財布をなくしました。 saifu o nakushimashita. I lost my wallet.
すみません、財布をなくしました。 sumimasen, saifu o nakushimashita. Excuse me, I lost my wallet.

Kanji in this phrase

財布: さいふ

Why this phrase

Japan's lost property system genuinely works, but only once you report it. Station offices and police boxes both take it. One past-tense verb does all the work here, なくしました, and the script locks it to one noun so a beginner walks away able to say the whole sentence.