損なう
N1そこなう sokonau
- to harm
- to hurt
- to injure
- to damage
- to fail in doing
godan verbtransitive
Chinese meanings
损害;错过
Examples
- 彼はその手紙に返事を出し損なった。He failed to answer the letter.他错过了回复那封信的机会。
- 夜更かししていると健康を損なうよ。You must not stay up late, or you will hurt your health.熬夜会损害健康哦。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('7c0fdd7d4f'); // 損なう
{
"id": "7c0fdd7d4f",
"word": "損なう",
"reading": "そこなう",
"romaji": "sokonau",
"meanings": [
"to harm",
"to hurt",
"to injure",
"to damage",
"to fail in doing"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"v5u",
"vt"
],
"jmdict_id": 1596510,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼はその手紙に返事を出し損なった。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}はその{手紙|てがみ}に{返事|へんじ}を{出|だ}し{損|そこ}なった。",
"en": "He failed to answer the letter.",
"tatoeba_id": 112698
},
{
"ja": "夜更かししていると健康を損なうよ。",
"furigana": "{夜更|よふ}かししていると{健康|けんこう}を{損|そこ}なうよ。",
"en": "You must not stay up late, or you will hurt your health.",
"tatoeba_id": 79695
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "57bb343d7cc41cd87eb37603c47114a37042a7e885de5f48e4de7ef5e8022017",
"meanings": [
"损害",
"错过"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼はその手紙に返事を出し損なった。",
"zh": "他错过了回复那封信的机会。"
},
{
"ja": "夜更かししていると健康を損なうよ。",
"zh": "熬夜会损害健康哦。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/7c0fdd7d4f",
"JMdict ent_seq 1596510; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "5041d0aa725aafd65654c5100dd725b3c0a45dea6b9dc9523f060d0063f5d18e"
}
}