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損じる (そんじる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
harm ; hurt ; injure ; damage
Intransitive verb meaning to suffer harm or damage. Often used in the passive or potential form to express that something can be damaged or is susceptible to harm.
彼かれ
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名めい
誉よ
が
損そん
じ
られ
た
。
His reputation was harmed.
Written forms 損そん じる Usage 96%
Standard kanji spelling for this verb.
そんじる Usage 4%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the intended nuance is broad.
Kanji 損 damage, loss, disadvantage Similar words 損そこ なう 損なう is a transitive verb meaning 'to damage' or 'to harm' something directly, while 損じる is intransitive and describes the state of being damaged.
傷きず つく 傷つく also means 'to be hurt' or 'to be injured', but it is more commonly used for emotional hurt or physical wounds, whereas 損じる is broader and often used for abstract damage or loss.
Etymology Derived from the noun 損 (そん, 'loss, damage') with the verb-forming suffix じる. The suffix じる is a variant of ずる, often attaching to Sino-Japanese nouns to form ichidan verbs.
