仕損(しそん)じる

しそんじる
verb (ichidan)
to fail; to blunder; to bungle
他動詞 transitiveaction
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present仕損(しそん)じる仕損(しそん)じない
Present polite仕損(しそん)じます仕損(しそん)じません
Past仕損(しそん)じた仕損(しそん)じなかった
Past polite仕損(しそん)じました仕損(しそん)じませんでした
て form仕損(しそん)じて仕損(しそん)じなくて
ている present仕損(しそん)じている仕損(しそん)じていない
ている polite仕損(しそん)じています仕損(しそん)じていません
ている past仕損(しそん)じていた仕損(しそん)じていなかった
ている past polite仕損(しそん)じていました仕損(しそん)じていませんでした
Conditional ば仕損(しそん)じれば仕損(しそん)じなければ
Conditional たら仕損(しそん)じたら仕損(しそん)じなかったら
Volitional仕損(しそん)じよう—
Volitional polite仕損(しそん)じましょう—
Potential仕損(しそん)じられる仕損(しそん)じられない
Passive仕損(しそん)じられる仕損(しそん)じられない
Causative仕損(しそん)じさせる仕損(しそん)じさせない
Imperative仕損(しそん)じろ仕損(しそん)じるな
1. to fail; to blunder; to bungle; to make a mistake
To fail at doing something, especially through carelessness or poor execution. Implies that an attempt was made but went wrong.
料理(りょうり)を仕損(しそん)じた。
I messed up the cooking.
I bungled an important task and was scolded by my boss.
If you mess it up once, there's no going back, so let's do it carefully.

Usage

A somewhat literary or formal word. The more casual equivalent is 失敗(しっぱい)する. Also has the variant form 仕損(しそこ)なう (しそこなう). The noun form 仕損(しそん)じ means "failure" or "blunder."

Common collocations

Similar words

  • 失敗(しっぱい)する: to fail — more common, everyday term
  • しくじる: to blunder, to fail — colloquial, informal
  • 仕損(しそん)なう: to fail — variant with the same meaning, slightly more literary