損ねる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
そこ
Grade: 5
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
害ねる

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) こね [sòkónéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [so̞ko̞ne̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

(そこ)ねる • (sokonerutransitive ichidan (stem (そこ) (sokone), past (そこ)ねた (sokoneta))

  1. to damage (one's health)
  2. to hurt (one's feeling or mood)
  3. to damage

Conjugation

Conjugation of "損ねる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 損ね そこね sokone
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 損ね そこね sokone
Shūshikei ("terminal") 損ねる そこねる sokoneru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 損ねる そこねる sokoneru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 損ねれ そこねれ sokonere
Meireikei ("imperative") 損ねよ¹
損ねろ²
そこねよ¹
そこねろ²
sokoneyo¹
sokonero²
Key constructions
Passive 損ねられる そこねられる sokonerareru
Causative 損ねさせる
損ねさす
そこねさせる
そこねさす
sokonesaseru
sokonesasu
Potential 損ねられる
損ねれる³
そこねられる
そこねれる³
sokonerareru
sokonereru³
Volitional 損ねよう そこねよう sokoneyō
Negative 損ねない
損ねぬ
損ねん
そこねない
そこねぬ
そこねん
sokonenai
sokonenu
sokonen
Negative continuative 損ねず そこねず sokonezu
Formal 損ねます そこねます sokonemasu
Perfective 損ねた そこねた sokoneta
Conjunctive 損ねて そこねて sokonete
Hypothetical conditional 損ねれば そこねれば sokonereba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

Synonyms

Suffix

(そこ)ねる • (-sokoneru

  1. to fail to do
  2. to miss the chance of

Usage notes

Attaches to the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verbs.

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN