損なう (Sokonau) is a Japanese godan verb meaning “to harm, to hurt, to injure, to damage”.
Meanings
- godan verb, transitive verbto harm; to hurt; to injure; to damage; to spoil; to mar
- suffix, godan verbto fail to do; to do amiss; to miss one's opportunity to doafter the -masu stem of a verb
- suffix, godan verbto almost do; to come close to doingafter the -masu stem of a verb
Examples
試験を受け損なった。
He failed to take the exam.
ビルは第１球を打ちそこなった。
Bill missed the first ball.
働きすぎで彼女は健康を損なった。
Overwork cost her health.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).