損なう

Japanese
Kanji in this term
損
そこ
Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Alternative forms
  • 害う

Pronunciation

Verb

損なう (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana そこなう, rōmaji sokonau, historical hiragana そこなふ)

  1. to damage, to spoil, to blemish

Conjugation
Conjugation of "損なう" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 損なわ そこなわ sokonawa
Continuative (連用形) 損ない そこない sokonai
Terminal (終止形) 損なう そこなう sokonau
Attributive (連体形) 損なう そこなう sokonau
Hypothetical (仮定形) 損なえ そこなえ sokonae
Imperative (命令形) 損なえ そこなえ sokonae
Key constructions
Passive 損なわれる そこなわれる sokonawareru
Causative 損なわせる
損なわす		 そこなわせる
そこなわす		 sokonawaseru
sokonawasu
Potential 損なえる そこなえる sokonaeru
Volitional 損なおう そこなおう sokonaō
Negative 損なわない そこなわない sokonawanai
Negative continuative 損なわず そこなわず sokonawazu
Formal 損ないます そこないます sokonaimasu
Perfective 損なった そこなった sokonatta
Conjunctive 損なって そこなって sokonatte
Hypothetical conditional 損なえば そこなえば sokonaeba

Suffix

損なう (hiragana そこなう, rōmaji -sokonau, historical hiragana そこなふ)

  1. to fail to do
  2. almost; nearly; narrowly

Usage notes

Attaches to the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verbs.

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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