損ずる
そんずる
Meanings
- Ichidan verb, Intransitive, Transitive to become damaged; to break; to damage; to spoil (an object)
- to worsen; to spoil (one's mood); to harm (health); to damage (reputation)
- to decrease; to diminish (profits, gains)
- Suffix, Ichidan verb to fail to do; to do by mistake; to do wrong (after the -masu stem of a verb)
Kanji
- 損 loss. Read as ソン.
Example sentences
- 急いては事を仕損じる。
Haste makes waste. - 君は本当にせっかちだなあ。「急いては事をし損じる」という言葉を知らんのか。
You're being too impatient. Haven't you heard the phrase "Haste makes waste"?
Words containing 損ずる
- 仕損ずる (しそんずる) to blunder
- 急いては事を仕損ずる (せいてはことをしそんずる) haste makes waste
- 遣り損ずる (やりそんずる) to botch