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やりそこなう

Japanese edit

Alternative spellings
遣り損なう
遣り損う
やり損う

Verb edit

やりそこなう • (yarisokonau) godan (stem やりそこない (yarisokonai), past やりそこなった (yarisokonatta))

  1. to fail, err, to make a mistake
    • 1976, Kaizan Nakazato, Daibosatsu tōge [Great Bodhisattva Pass]:
      けれども、わたしが心(こころ)を決(き)めてやる以(い)上(じょう)は、決(けっ)して、やりそこなうようなことはしませんよ。もし、やりそこなうようなおそれがあれば、やらないうちにやめてしまいます。
      Keredomo, watashi ga kokoro o kimete yaru ijō wa, kesshite, yarisokonau yōna koto wa shimasen yo. Moshi, yarisokonau yōna osore ga areba, yaranai uchi ni yamete shimaimasu.
      But, after I set my heart on doing something, I never fail to do it. If it seems there is a risk of failure, I will abort the attempt before it starts.
  2. to miss an opportunity

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of "やりそこなう" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") やりそこなわ yarisokonawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") やりそこない yarisokonai
Shūshikei ("terminal") やりそこなう yarisokonau
Rentaikei ("attributive") やりそこなう yarisokonau
Kateikei ("hypothetical") やりそこなえ yarisokonae
Meireikei ("imperative") やりそこなえ yarisokonae
Key constructions
Passive やりそこなわれる yarisokonawareru
Causative やりそこなわせる
やりそこなわす 		yarisokonawaseru
yarisokonawasu
Potential やりそこなえる yarisokonaeru
Volitional やりそこなおう yarisokonaō
Negative やりそこなわない yarisokonawanai
Negative continuative やりそこなわず yarisokonawazu
Formal やりそこないます yarisokonaimasu
Perfective やりそこなった yarisokonatta
Conjunctive やりそこなって yarisokonatte
Hypothetical conditional やりそこなえば yarisokonaeba

Synonyms edit

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