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損ねる (そこねる, sokoneru) Japanese meaning: harm | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation 損ねる · ichidan verb
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 損そこ ねる 損そこ ねない Polite 損そこ ねます 損そこ ねません Past polite 損そこ ねました 損そこ ねませんでした Past 損そこ ねた 損そこ ねなかった Te-form 損そこ ねて 損そこ ねないで Desire 損そこ ねたい 損そこ ねたくない Potential 損そこ ねられる also 損そこ ねれる 損そこ ねられない also 損そこ ねれない Passive 損そこ ねられる 損そこ ねられない Causative 損そこ ねさせる 損そこ ねさせない Causative passive 損そこ ねさせられる 損そこ ねさせられない Volitional 損そこ ねよう Polite volitional 損そこ ねましょう Imperative 損そこ ねろ 損そこ ねるな Conditional 損そこ ねれば 損そこ ねなければ Tara conditional 損そこ ねたら 損そこ ねなかったら
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Overeating harms your body.
His single remark hurt her feelings.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 の 気き 分ぶん を 損そこ ねる to hurt someone's mood
His remark ended up hurting her mood.
健けん 康こう を 損そこ ねる to damage one's health
She damaged her health with an extreme diet.
〈 物もの 〉 の 風ふう 味み を 損そこ ねる to spoil the flavor of something
Too much spice spoils the flavor of the dish.
〈 動どう 詞し 〉 そこねる to miss the chance to do something
I missed the last train and had to go home by taxi.
Kanji 損 damage, loss, disadvantage Transitive / intransitive Related words 損なう and 損ねる both mean to harm or damage, but 損なう sounds more formal/written while 損ねる is more common in everyday spoken Japanese, especially for the 'miss a chance' sense.
傷つける focuses on inflicting a wound or emotional hurt directly, while 損ねる more broadly covers damaging health, mood, or quality.
逃す means to let an opportunity or catch slip away, while 損ねる (attached to a verb stem) stresses failing to carry out an intended action.
Word family fail to do; make a mistake in doing; miss doing
miss seeing; fail to see
miss getting on; fail to board
miss; fail to get; fail to catch; fail to win
Written forms 損そこ ねる Usage 73%
Standard kanji spelling for both the independent verb and the auxiliary use.
そこねる Usage 27%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially for the auxiliary sense.
Etymology Derived from the verb 損なう (そこなう, 'to harm, to damage') with a shift in conjugation. The auxiliary use developed from the sense of 'doing something in a harmful or incomplete way', leading to the meaning 'fail to do'.
