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Does anyone have insight into what 「元気をなくすとは」means? I am aware that 元気 is
"energy" and なくす is "to lose". So "to lose energy" makes sense? However I am
not altogether sure what とは means in this instance. A Japanese friend asked me
for an English equivalent and I wasn't sure if this was colloquial somehow?

Thank you in advance!
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「元気をなくすとは」meaning?
“元気をなくす” means “lose energy”, “lose their health” or “being down”. You can use
on physical matter and mental matter both.

Regarding meaning of “とは”:

It’s hard to say without seeing whole sentence but if that word is using like
below it have implication that "you shouldn't". I think there are no words in
english to replace it completely. I tried to find good example..

> 彼女に捨てられたくらいで元気をなくすとは情けない。  
>  Don’t be so down just because she dumped you. How pathetic you are.

In this case, its meaning is similar to "～するなんて".
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