marring

Verb

form-of participle present

present participle of mar: ruining, thwarting, spoiling.

Japanese Meaning

台無しにする / 損なう / 損傷させる

He kept editing the painting carefully, worried that a stray brushstroke might end up marring the finished piece.

彼は、余分な筆の一振りが仕上がった作品を台無しにしてしまうのではないかと心配しながら、慎重に絵の手直しを続けた。

Sense（1）

present participle of mar: ruining, thwarting, spoiling.

[…]Hath all his ventures fail'd? What, not one hit?

From Tripolis, from Mexico, from England,

From Lisbon, Barbary, and India?

And not one vessel scape the dreadful touch

Of merchant-marring rocks?