How to say "loss" in Japanese

• 損そんJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, na-adjective, suru verb, intransitive verbLoss as disadvantage or damage: being worse off after a deal, a purchase, or a missed chance. This is 'losing out' — not the accounting sense of lost assets or profit.
  高望たかのぞみをするとかえって損そんをする。↗

  You may go farther and fare worse.
• 負けまけJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounLoss in games and contests: the opposite of a win, as in a team's loss or losing a match. Not used for losing money, property, or time.
  どっちに転ころんでも君きみの負まけだよ。↗

  Either way, you lose.
• ロスCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbLoss as waste, above all of time: time or effort spent with nothing to show for it. Fits talk of wasted time rather than money or defeat.
  近道ちかみちを行おこなって時間じかんのロスを埋め合うめあわせるつもりだ。↗

  We are going to make up for lost time by taking a short cut.
• 損失そんしつJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounLoss of assets, profit, or money: the word for financial losses, such as a company's losses for the year. What is counted and reported in monetary terms.
  私は損失そんしつの埋め合うめあわせをしなければならなかった。↗

  I had to make up for the loss.
• 喪失そうしつCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbLoss of something one possessed and that mattered: confidence, memory, hope, or a job. Suggests genuine deprivation rather than a mere disadvantage.
  水不足みずぶそくは森林しんりんの喪失そうしつによって起おこる。↗

  Water shortage is caused by the loss of forests.

Use 損 for being worse off in daily dealings, 「負け」 for losing games, 「ロス」 for wasted time or effort, 損失 for financial losses, and 喪失 for losing something valued or possessed.

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• 損そんloss
• 負けまけdefeat
• ロスloss
• 損失そんしつloss (of assets, profit, etc.)
• 喪失そうしつloss
• 紛失ふんしつloss
• 損害そんがいdamage
• 敗北はいぼくdefeat
• 欠損けっそんdeficit
• 消失しょうしつdisappearance
• 目減りめべりloss (of weight or volume, e.g. in transit)
• 遺失いしつloss
• 死別しべつbereavement
• 減退げんたいdecline
• 不利益ふりえきdisadvantage
• 敗はいloss
• 失しつloss (of something)
• ロストlost
• 損亡そんもうloss
• 亡失ぼうしつloss (e.g. of an item)
• 敗れやぶれloss
• 損耗そんもうwear
• 逸失いっしつlosing (something)
• 減損げんそんdecrease
• 差損さそん(profit sheet) loss
• マイナスdeficit
• 怪我けがmistake
• 黒星くろぼしloss
• 創痍そういdamage
• 食い込みくいこみdeficit
• しわ寄せしわよせill effects
• 穴あなdeficit