損なう

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
そこ
Grade: 5
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
害う

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「損なう
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
損なう こな
Imperative (命令形) 損なえ こな
Key constructions
Passive 損なわれる こなわれ
Causative 損なわせる こなわせ
Potential 損なえる こなえ
Volitional 損なおう こなお
Negative 損なわない こなわない
Negative perfective 損なわなかった こなわなかった
Formal 損ないます こないま
Perfective 損なった こなった
Conjunctive 損なって こなって
Hypothetical conditional 損なえば こなえば

Verb

(そこ)なう (sokonauそこなふ (sokonafu)?transitive godan (stem (そこ)ない (sokonai), past (そこ)なった (sokonatta))

  1. to damage, to spoil, to blemish

Conjugation

Suffix

(そこ)なう (-sokonauそこなふ (-sokonafu)?godan (stem (そこ)ない (-sokonai), past (そこ)なった (-sokonatta))

  1. to fail to do
  2. almost; nearly; narrowly

Usage notes

Attaches to the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verbs.

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN