Lingaku損なう【そこなう】
Frequency rank: 11,064. – 11,090.
- to harm; to hurt; to injure; to damage; to spoil; to mar
- to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
Godan verb with 'u' ending; transitive verb
auxiliary verb; Godan verb with 'u' ending
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- to harm; to hurt; to injure; to damage; to spoil; to mar
- to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
This meaning refers to causing physical or emotional harm or deterioration to a person, object, or situation.
The heavy rain damaged the transportation system.
This usage implies failing to take action or missing a chance to do something beneficial or required.
Generated collocations (experimental)
そこなう損なうことがあるto sometimes harmきかい機会をそこなう損なうto miss an opportunityしんらい信頼をそこなう損なうto damage trustけんこうをそこなう健康を損なうto harm healthかんけい関係をそこなう損なうto spoil a relationshipばあいによっては場合によってはそこなう損なうto potentially harm in some casesりえき利益をそこなう損なうto injure profitsごかい誤解をそこなう損なうto harm understandingじこひょうか自己評価をそこなう損なうto damage self-esteemひょうげん表現をそこなう損なうto mar expression
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
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You need permission to put up that sort of poster, and, most of all, you're ruining the looks of the street!
It's hard to live with the knowledge that you are a failure.
The tiny birthmark took nothing from her loveliness.
We started at once, otherwise we would have missed him.
Confidence in management practices was undermined by the crash.
I was angry about missing that film at the cinema.
Those who missed the test must take it tomorrow.
The best thing in the world for a man is to choose a good wife, the worst being to mistakenly choose an ill-suited one.