仕損じる

• 読み: しそんじる
• ローマ字: shisonjiru
• 漢字の分解: 仕 (shi) — to do, to perform; 損 (son) — loss, damage; じる — verb-forming suffix
• 発音: /ɕi.son.dʑi.ɾɯ/

意味

To fail; to bungle; to make a mistake in performing a task; to botch.

A Group 2 (ichidan) compound verb formed from 仕 (to do, to perform) and 損じる (to damage, to spoil). It describes failing to execute a task properly, implying effort was made but the result was flawed or incomplete. More literary and formal than しくじる or 失敗する, it is often found in classical texts or formal narratives when describing a significant, often irreversible failure.

例文

1. 大事な場面で仕損じてしまい、チームに申し訳なかった。
2. 一世一代の機会を仕損じた悔しさは長年消えなかった。
3. 刺客は任務を仕損じ、逃亡することを余儀なくされた。

使い方ガイド

場面: literary, historical narrative, formal apology, professional failure

トーン: remorseful

起源と歴史

Compound of 仕 (the classical prefix for performing a task, from 仕える meaning to serve) and 損じる (to damage or ruin, from 損 meaning loss or damage). The combination describes a task that ends in damage or failure rather than completion.

文化的背景

時代: Classical–Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Educated