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遣り損じ (yarisonji) Japanese meaning: mistake | Kotomora
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Kanji 遣 dispatch, despatch, send 損 damage, loss, disadvantage Related words 失しっ 敗ぱい 失敗 is a general term for failure or mistake, while 遣り損じ emphasizes a mistake made in the process of doing something, often with a nuance of clumsiness or a slip-up.
間ま 違ちが い 間違い is a broad term for any kind of error or mistake, whereas 遣り損じ specifically refers to an error in execution or a failed attempt.
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合あ
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なかっ
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I made a mistake in the calculation, and the total didn't add up.
He blundered during the important presentation.
Standard kanji spelling for this compound.
やり 損そん じ
Common mixed kana-kanji spelling.
Etymology Compound of 遣り (the continuative form of 遣る, 'to do') and 損じ (the continuative form of 損じる, 'to fail' or 'to make a mistake'). The combination literally means 'doing-failure'.
