損 失(そんしつ)

そんしつ

noun

loss

businessbusiness finance

1. loss, damage

Financial loss or the losing of something valuable.

大(おお)きな損失(そんしつ)を被(こうむ)った。

We suffered a major loss.

損失(そんしつ)を最小限(さいしょうげん)に抑(おさ)える。

To minimize losses.

機会(きかい)損失(そんしつ)は避(さ)けたい。

I want to avoid lost opportunities.

台風(たいふう)による損失(そんしつ)は数十億(すうじゅうおく)円(えん)に上(のぼ)った。

The losses from the typhoon amounted to tens of billions of yen.

投資(とうし)で大(おお)きな損失(そんしつ)を出(だ)してしまい、今後(こんご)は慎重(しんちょう)に判断(はんだん)しようと決(き)めた。

Having incurred a major loss from investing, I decided to be more careful with my decisions going forward.

Common expressions

損失(そんしつ)を被(こうむ)る: to suffer a loss
損失(そんしつ)を出(だ)す: to incur a loss
損失(そんしつ)を補(おぎな)う: to cover/offset losses
損失(そんしつ)を最小限(さいしょうげん)に抑(おさ)える: to minimize losses

Compounds

損失(そんしつ)補填(ほてん): loss coverage
機会(きかい)損失(そんしつ): opportunity cost
純(じゅん)損失(そんしつ): net loss

Similar words

損(そん): loss, disadvantage — the everyday word, also for small personal losses (損(そん)をする, 損(そん)な役(やく)); 損失(そんしつ) is the formal word for business, financial, or large-scale losses
損害(そんがい): damage — harm done by an event such as a disaster or accident; 損失(そんしつ) is the value lost as a result
利益(りえき): profit (opposite)

Related Words

Antonym: 利益(りえき) (profit)

Antonym: 収益(しゅうえき) (earnings)

Compare: 差損(さそん) (loss on difference)

Compare: 損害額(そんがいがく) (amount of damages)

Compare: 大損(おおぞん) (heavy loss)

Related: 損益(そんえき) (profit and loss, gains and losses)

Compare: 損害(そんがい) (damage)

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Added 2026.1.16 9:02 · Revised 2026.10.10 21:40

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