そこなう – Vocabulary details

そこなう

Auxiliary verb (5-dan, う, transitive)

1. to harm; to hurt; to injure; to damage; to spoil; to mar; to ruin

それでも、豪ごう華かな雰ふん囲い気きは損そこなわれていない。Even so, the luxurious atmosphere has not been spoiled.

Verb (5-dan, う)

2. to fail to do; to do amiss; to miss one's opportunity to do

after the -masu stem of a verb

こっちとしても、売うり損そこなって残ざん念ねんだよ。For our part, too, it's a shame we missed the chance to sell it.

3. to almost do; to come close to doing

after the -masu stem of a verb

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to be badly made; to fail

to misjudge; to mistake; to misjudge (someone); to overestimate; to miss seeing; to overlook

to fail; to slip up; to make a botch job (of)

カードを入いれそこなったらしい。

It seems I didn't insert the card properly.

それでも、豪ごう華かな雰ふん囲い気きはそこなわれていない。

Even so, the luxurious atmosphere has not been spoiled.

こんな美お味いしいものを食たべそこなうなんて。

To think I missed out on eating something this delicious.

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