損ねる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
損
そこ Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) そこねる [sòkónéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [so̞ko̞ne̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

損(そこ)ねる • (sokoneru) transitive ichidan (stem 損(そこ)ね (sokone), past 損(そこ)ねた (sokoneta))

1. to damage (one's health)
2. to hurt (one's feeling or mood)
3. to damage

Conjugation

Conjugation of "損ねる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	損ね	そこね	sokone
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	損ね	そこね	sokone
Shūshikei ("terminal")	損ねる	そこねる	sokoneru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	損ねる	そこねる	sokoneru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	損ねれ	そこねれ	sokonere
Meireikei ("imperative")	損ねよ¹ 損ねろ²	そこねよ¹ そこねろ²	sokoneyo¹ sokonero²
Key constructions
Passive	損ねられる	そこねられる	sokonerareru
Causative	損ねさせる 損ねさす	そこねさせる そこねさす	sokonesaseru sokonesasu
Potential	損ねられる 損ねれる³	そこねられる そこねれる³	sokonerareru sokonereru³
Volitional	損ねよう	そこねよう	sokoneyō
Negative	損ねない 損ねぬ 損ねん	そこねない そこねぬ そこねん	sokonenai sokonenu sokonen
Negative continuative	損ねず	そこねず	sokonezu
Formal	損ねます	そこねます	sokonemasu
Perfective	損ねた	そこねた	sokoneta
Conjunctive	損ねて	そこねて	sokonete
Hypothetical conditional	損ねれば	そこねれば	sokonereba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential

Synonyms

• 損(そこ)なう (sokonau)

Suffix

損(そこ)ねる • (-sokoneru) 

1. to fail to do
2. to miss the chance of

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

• 損(そこ)なう (-sokonau)