Word · 単語
損ねる
Reading そこねる
to harm
- 1 to harm, to hurt, to injure, to wreck
- 2 to miss one's chance to (do something), to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
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#12191
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Not started
Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.
例文 · examples
彼は機嫌をそこねている。
He is in an angry mood.
sense 1 · to harm
野手はボールを取り損ねた。
The fielder failed to catch the ball.
sense 2 · to miss one's chance to (do something)
君に会い損ねて地団駄を踏んだよ。
I was chagrined at missing you.
sense 2 · to miss one's chance to (do something)
彼はついに健康をそこねた。
He ruined his health in the end.
sense 1 · to harm
彼に機嫌を損ねられて実に遺憾だった。
I found it truly regrettable that he should take offence.
sense 1 · to harm