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損そこなう
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, う, transitive)
1. to harm; to hurt; to injure; to damage; to spoil; to mar
Auxiliary verb (5-dan, う)
2. to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
Alt. forms
損そこなう
74%
そこなう
20%
損そこなう
4%
害そこなう
Kanji used
損
harmful loss
Pitch accent
そ
こな
う
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Conjugations...Used in: 1398
Used in vocabulary (17 in total)
to misjudge; to mistake; to misjudge (someone); to overestimate; to miss seeing; to overlook
to be badly made; to fail
to fail to die (e.g. after suicide attempt or accident); to survive; to outlive
14 more...
Examples (2 in total)
He failed to answer the letter.
Her good fame was greatly damaged by this.