損失

• 読み: そんしつ
• ローマ字: sonshitsu
• 漢字の分解: 損 (son) — loss, damage; 失 (shitsu) — to lose, to miss
• 発音: /soɴ.ɕi.tsɯ/

意味

Loss of assets, profit, or value. The opposite of profit in a financial context.

A noun referring to financial or material loss. 損失 is more formal than 損 alone and is commonly used in business, finance, and insurance contexts. Common collocations include 損失を出す (to incur a loss), 損失額 (amount of loss), and 経済的損失 (economic loss).

例文

1. 台風の影響で会社に大きな損失が出た。
2. 今回の失敗による損失は計算できない。
3. 損失を最小限にするための対策が必要だ。

使い方ガイド

場面: business, finance, insurance

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Composed of 損 (loss, damage) and 失 (to lose, to miss). Both characters convey the sense of losing something, creating an emphatic compound.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal