損する

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
そん
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

  1. to sustain a loss
    (きん)(せん)(てき)(そん)する
    kinsenteki ni sonsuru
    to sustain a financial loss
    (literally, “to monetarily sustain a loss”)
  2. (figuratively) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    ああ(そん)した
    Ā, sonshita.
    What a waste. That was a mistake.
    (まえ)()こと()(そん)した
    Omae no iu koto o kīte sonshita.
    Listening to you was a mistake.

Conjugation

Antonyms

  • (とく)する (tokusuru)

See also

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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