損する

Japanese

Kanji in this term
損
そん
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) そ​んする [sóꜜǹsùrù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sõ̞ɰ̃sɨᵝɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

損(そん)する • (sonsuru) suru (stem 損(そん)し (sonshi), past 損(そん)した (sonshita))

  1. to sustain a loss
    金(きん)銭(せん)的(てき)に損(そん)する
    kinsenteki ni sonsuru
    to sustain a financial loss
    (literally, “to monetarily sustain a loss”)
    ああ、損(そん)した。
    Ā, sonshita.
    What a waste. / That was a mistake.
    お前(まえ)の言(い)うことを聞(き)いて損(そん)した。
    Omae no iu koto o kīte sonshita.
    Listening to you was a mistake.

Conjugation

Antonyms

  • 得(とく)する (tokusuru)

See also

References

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