損
ソン
そこ.なう • そこな.う • -そこ.なう • そこ.ねる • -そこ.ねる
damage; loss; disadvantage; hurt; injure
Words
女賢しくて牛売り損なう
おんなさかしくてうしうりそこなう
- women are not as clever as they think; women should know their place; even a clever woman will fail at selling a cow exp proverb
損して得取れ
そんしてとくとれ
- you must lose a fly to catch a trout; sometimes the best gain is to lose exp proverb
書き損じる
かきそんじる
- to write incorrectly; to miswrite v1 vt
- to spoil (e.g. a letter) due to writing mistakes; to ruin; to make a mess of v1 vt
書き損じ
かきそんじ
- slip of the pen; mistake in writing n
- something ruined by a mistake in writing (e.g. postcard) n
言い損ない
いいそこない
- slip of the tongue; verbal mistake; using the wrong words; misstatement; gaffe n