Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verb
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to damage; to spoil; to mar; to ruin
彼はその手紙に返事を出し損なった。He failed to answer the letter. Suffix, Godan verb with 'u' ending
to fail to do; to do amiss; to miss one's opportunity to do
after the -masu stem of a verb
to almost do; to come close to doing
after the -masu stem of a verb
Also written 害う【そこなう】、損う【そこなう】