損なう
Meanings
Godan verb
Transitive verb
1. to harm; to hurt; to injure; to damage; to spoil; to mar; to ruin
Suffix
Godan verb
2. 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)
Other spellings
損う
Kanji used
Pitch accent
そこなう
Examples18
彼
He failed to answer the letter.
多く
Quite a few students failed to hand in their assignments.
私
I tried to repair his damaged prestige.
この
Her good fame was greatly damaged by this.
労苦
Toil and worry caused his health to break down.
苦労
Toil and worry caused his health to break down.