そん
Meanings
Adjective (な)
Noun
1. loss; damage; harm; unprofitable
2. disadvantage; handicap; drawback; unfavorable
Kanji used
harmful loss
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (40 in total)
damage; injury; loss
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to damage
to prove a loss; to be a disadvantage; to not pay
profit and loss; advantage and disadvantage
slip; error; failure
decrease; diminution; loss; impairment
loss on both sides
paper loss; appraisal loss; loss resulting from revised valuation
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake
self-inflicted injury, loss, etc.
loss of material
disadvantage
financial loss
damaged spot; damaged part
damage; injury; defamation; harm
you must lose a fly to catch a trout; sometimes the best gain is to lose
unrealized loss; book loss
(profit sheet) loss
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake
bad acquaintance; person whose acquaintance will be harmful
you must lose a fly to catch a trout; sometimes the best gain is to lose
every flow has its ebb; arrogance leads to downfall
you must lose a fly to catch a trout; sometimes the best gain is to lose
injury caused by a second party; damage caused by another person
fragile article
decreasing; diminishing; abating; shortening; impairment
loss factor
excitation loss
accumulated loss
flood damage
Examples (2 in total)
Whichever you choose, you cannot lose.
I bought it thinking it was cheap, but it was rotten, so I ended up losing out.