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損なう

Hiragana
そこなう
Suffix
morpheme
Japanese Meaning
損なう(そこなう)は、動詞や形容詞などの連用形に接続して用いられる補助動詞として、「〜することに失敗する」「〜しかけて(結果としてはそうならない)」「危うく〜しそうになる」といった意味を付加する接尾辞的要素である。
Easy Japanese Meaning
もうすこしでそうなるが、ぎりぎりでならないことをあらわすことば
Chinese (Simplified)
表示未能做成某事 / 表示差点儿、险些发生 / 表示做错、误做
What is this buttons?

He failed to keep his promise.

Chinese (Simplified) Translation

他违背了约定。

What is this buttons?
Sense(1)

to fail to do

Sense(2)

almost; nearly; narrowly

canonical

romanization

romanization

stem

past

hiragana historical

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to fail to do / almost; nearly; narrowly

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損なう

彼は約束を損なった。

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He failed to keep his promise.

He failed to keep his promise.

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彼は約束を損なった。

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