also: だいそん · たいそん
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
heavy loss; big loss
Refers to a substantial financial or material loss. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'to suffer a heavy loss'.
株で大損した。
I suffered a heavy loss in stocks.
その投資は大損だった。
That investment was a big loss.
Standard kanji spelling; the most common reading is おおぞん.
Alternate reading; less common than おおぞん but still encountered.
Rare reading; mostly historical or dialectal.
Compound of 大 (big) and 損 (loss). The reading おおぞん uses the kun'yomi of 大 and the on'yomi of 損, while だいそん and たいそん are purely on'yomi readings.