する verb - special class

  1. to lose (money, etc.).
  2. to waste one's (time, etc.), to have one's efforts come to naught.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
損する そんする

Contained Kanji Breakdown

damage, loss, disadvantage
ソン そこ.なう そこな.う (5th, N2)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
employee, member, number
イン いな かず (3rd, N4)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
shellfish
かい バイ (1st, N2)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)