► 動詞
損 [(1)そん] [損する] [coll] meaning: lose rank: 1
☆ 真面目に働いて損した ⇨ I lost more by working hard. I worked hard but it was a total waste
► 名詞
損 [(1)そん] meaning: loss rank: 1
☆ 正直者が損をする ⇨ Honest people lose
☆ 聞いてみて損をすることはない ⇨ You don’t lose anything by asking
☆ 買った直後に値が下がって損をした ⇨ I lost, wasted, money because the price dropped right after I had bought it
More examples:
- 電力の損失を減らすために高圧で送電する ⇨ Transmit electricity in high voltage in order to minimize the loss
- 脊髄損傷 ⇨ A spinal cord injury
- 私は肝心の問題について彼に聞き損なった ⇨ I failed to ask him about the most important issue
- 木が倒れて家の屋根が大きく破損した ⇨ A tree fell and the roof of the house was severely damaged
- 地震で大きな損害が出た ⇨ An earthquake caused a lot of damages
- 善人が損をする社会 ⇨ A society where good people lose
- 構造に想定以上の力が加わったために破損した ⇨ More force than expected was added, applied, to the structure, breaking it
- 彼は何でも損得勘定でしか考えない ⇨ He thinks everything in terms of profit and loss. He won’t do anything unless there is benefit for him
- 初期の損失は必要経費と割り切らなくてはいけない ⇨ You have to regard initial losses as necessary expenses
- 古い寺が焼損した ⇨ An old temple was damaged by fire
- 余り打算し過ぎると結局損をすることが多い ⇨ When you’re too calculating you often end up losing more
- 原因はさておき、このまま争っていては皆損をすることになる ⇨ Whatever the cause is, if we keep fighting like this we all lose
- 彼は大事な仕事をやり損なった ⇨ He screwed up an important job
- 経済的な損失 ⇨ Economic loss
- 損害賠償を求め地裁に提訴した ⇨