うちそこなう – Vocabulary details

うちそこなう

Verb (5-dan, う)

1. to fail to hit; to miss

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adds emphasis to the following verb or indicates that the action is done forcefully or violently

to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing

私わたしは虎とらを狙ねらって発はっ砲ぽうしたが、うちそこなった。

I aimed at the tiger and fired, but missed him.

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