JLPT N1 · Verb

損う (sokonau)

損う (そこなう, sokonau) is a Japanese verb meaning “to harm; to hurt”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: そこなう
Romaji: sokonau
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

to harm; to hurt; to injure; to damage; to spoil · godan verb, transitive
to fail to do; to do amiss; to miss one's opportunity to do · suffix, godan verb · after the -masu stem of a verb
to almost do; to come close to doing · suffix, godan verb · after the -masu stem of a verb

Example sentences

彼はその手紙に返事を出し損なった。

He failed to answer the letter.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 損う

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	損う	そこなう sokonau
Polite (~masu)	損います	そこないます sokonaimasu
Negative	損わない	そこなわない sokonawanai
Polite negative	損いません	そこないません sokonaimasen
Past	損った	そこなった sokonatta
Polite past	損いました	そこないました sokonaimashita
Negative past	損わなかった	そこなわなかった sokonawanakatta
Te-form	損って	そこなって sokonatte
Potential	損える	そこなえる sokonaeru
Passive	損われる	そこなわれる sokonawareru
Causative	損わせる	そこなわせる sokonawaseru
Volitional	損おう	そこなおう sokonaou
Imperative	損え	そこなえ sokonae
Conditional (~ba)	損えば	そこなえば sokonaeba

Kanji in 損う

損

damage, loss, disadvantageソン・そこ.なう・そこな.う · 13 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 損う.

損そんloss損害そんがいdamage損得そんとくloss and gain損失そんしつloss (of assets, profit, etc.)破損はそんdamage

Source: JMdict entry 1596510 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.