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損害を与える (そんがいをあたえる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

損そん害がいを与あたえる

Meanings

1

expression, ichidan verb

damage; do harm; cause damage

A formal expression meaning to inflict damage or harm, often used in legal, business, or serious contexts.

台たい風ふうが農のう作さく物ぶつに大おおきな損そん害がいを与あたえた。
The typhoon caused great damage to the crops.
その行こう為いは会

かい

社しゃ

の

評ひょう

判ばん

に

損そん

害がい

を

与あた

える

可か

能のう

性せい

が

ある

。

That action could damage the company's reputation.

Kanji

損damage, loss, disadvantage
害harm, injury
与bestow, participate in, give

Similar words

損そこなう
損なう is a single verb meaning 'to harm' or 'to damage', often used for abstract things like health or mood, while 損害を与える is a more formal phrase emphasizing the infliction of damage, often used for concrete or measurable harm.
害がいする
害する is a more literary and concise verb meaning 'to harm' or 'to injure', whereas 損害を与える is a longer, more explicit phrase common in formal writing.

Etymology

Compound of 損害 (son-gai, 'damage') + を (o, object marker) + 与える (ataeru, 'to give'). The expression literally means 'to give damage'.