損ねる|そこねるsokoneru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. ichidan verb, transitive verbto harm; to hurt; to injure; to wreck
   彼かれは機嫌きげんをそこねている。↗

   He is in an angry mood.
2. ichidan verb, auxiliary verbto miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
   君きみに会あい損そこねて地団駄じだんだを踏ふんだよ。↗

   I was chagrined at missing you.

• Synonym害するがいするWrittenIn formal prose, harms health, feelings, interests or reputation, as in 「健康を害する」「名誉を害する」; more formal than 「損ねる」.
• Synonym痛めるいためるNeutralInjures body parts or damages objects (「家具を傷める」), and can also mean to distress; unlike 「損ねる」, which is mostly about mood and health.
• Synonym損じるそんじるWrittenMore written than 「損ねる」: it means to spoil or damage, as in 「機嫌を損じる」, and also forms compounds like 「書き損じる」.
• Synonym損なうそこなうNeutralMeans essentially the same as 「損ねる」 — to harm or ruin — and also serves as a suffix, as in 「〜し損なう」.
• Related傷つけるきずつけるNeutralFor physical wounds and for hurting someone's pride; unlike 「損ねる」, which is mostly about mood and health.
• Related害すがいすWrittenAnother form of 「害する」, as in 「健康を害す」; written, and stiffer than 「損ねる」.
• Antonym直すなおすNeutralAntonym: to repair or fix something, or to correct a mistake — the opposite of 「損ねる」 when it means to damage.
• Antonym修復しゅうふくNeutralAntonym: a noun for restoring something damaged to its original state — the opposite of 「損ねる」 when it means to wreck or ruin.

Use 「損ねる」 for harming someone's mood or health or for missing a chance to do something, as in 「機嫌を損ねる」「言い損ねる」. In formal prose prefer 「害する」; the near-equivalent 「損なう」 is more common. For physical injury say 「傷つける」; the antonym is 「直す」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 損そこなう。
2. （複合ふくごう動詞どうしの後項こうこうとして）
3. することに失敗しっぱいする。また、誤あやまってする。
4. する機会きかいをのがす。