損なう

そこなう

Also written 損う, 害う

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Transitive to harm; to hurt; to injure; to damage; to spoil; to mar; to ruin
2. Suffix, Godan verb to fail to do; to do amiss; to miss one's opportunity to do (after the -masu stem of a verb)
3. to almost do; to come close to doing (after the -masu stem of a verb)

Kanji

• 損 loss. Read as そこなう.

Example sentences

• 労苦と心配で彼の健康はそこなわれることになった。
  Toil and worry caused his health to break down.
• 苦労と気苦労で彼の健康はそこなわれた。
  Toil and worry caused his health to break down.
• 苦労と心配で彼の健康はそこなわれることになった。
  Toil and worry caused his health to break down.
• 映画館であの映画を見そこなったことに腹が立った。
  I was angry about missing that film at the cinema.
• 一生懸命走ったが、列車に乗りそこなった。
  I ran and ran, but missed the train.

Common phrases

• 健康を損なう (けんこうをそこなう) to harm one's health
• 信頼を損なう
• 利益を損なう
• 安定を損なう
• 景観を損なう
• 風味を損なう
• 国益を損なう
• 味を損なわない
• 信頼関係を損なう

Words containing 損なう

• 射損なう (いそこなう) to shoot and miss
• 言い損なう (いいそこなう) to say incorrectly
• 行き損なう (いきそこなう) to miss (boat, plane, train, etc.)

Word lists

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