損なう

• 読み: そこなう
• ローマ字: sokonau
• 漢字の分解: 損 (son/soko) — loss, damage, harm
• 発音: /so.ko.na.ɯ/

意味

To harm; to damage; to spoil; to impair. Describes causing loss or deterioration to something valuable.

A Group 1 (godan) transitive verb expressing damage or impairment. Used for both physical damage and abstract harm such as reputation, health, or trust. Also functions as a verb suffix (e.g., 食べ損なう — to miss eating). As a suffix it means failing to do something or missing the chance.

例文

1. 不規則な生活は健康を損なう原因になる。
2. 一度の失言が信頼を損なうことがある。
3. 景観を損なわないよう建物の高さが制限されている。

使い方ガイド

場面: health, business, environment

トーン: cautionary

起源と歴史

From the kanji 損 (loss, damage), combining 扌 (hand radical) with 員 (member/round), suggesting something being diminished or reduced by hand — the act of causing loss.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal