そん
Meanings
Adjective (な)
Noun
Verb (する, intransitive)
1. loss; damage; harm; unprofitable
Adjective (な)
Noun
2. disadvantage; handicap; drawback; unfavorable
Pitch accent
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Top 17700
Used in vocabulary (43 in total)
to become damaged; to break; to worsen; to spoil (one's mood); to decrease; to diminish (profits, gains)
damage; breakage
heavy loss
damage; injury; loss
heavy loss
slip; error; failure
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage
total loss
to prove a loss; to be a disadvantage; to not pay
damage; injury; defamation; harm
profit and loss; advantage and disadvantage
decrease; diminution; loss; impairment
loss on both sides
you must lose a fly to catch a trout; sometimes the best gain is to lose
paper loss; appraisal loss; loss resulting from revised valuation
self-inflicted injury, loss, etc.
rental fee
loss of material
financial loss
you must lose a fly to catch a trout; sometimes the best gain is to lose
damaged spot; damaged part
(profit sheet) loss
unrealized loss; paper loss
disadvantage
every flow has its ebb; arrogance leads to downfall
bad acquaintance; person whose acquaintance will be harmful
personal damage (as opposed to property damage); personal injury
fragile article
loss factor
loss current
excitation loss
diffraction loss
accumulated loss
injury caused by a second party; damage caused by another person
decreasing; diminishing; abating; shortening; impairment
wastepaper; maculature
a merchant claims to suffer losses but eventually amasses a fortune
copper loss
iron loss; core 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.