そこねる
Sokoneru
損ねる (Sokoneru) is a Japanese ichidan verb meaning “to harm, to hurt, to injure, to wreck”.
Meanings
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto harm; to hurt; to injure; to wreck
- ichidan verb, auxiliary verbto miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
Examples
彼は機嫌をそこねている。
He is in an angry mood.
野手はボールを取り損ねた。
The fielder failed to catch the ball.
彼はついに健康をそこねた。
He ruined his health in the end.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).