Word Meaning やり損なう

やりそこなう yarisokonau

やり損なう is read as やりそこなう (yarisokonau) and means to fail.

Meaning

English

to fail
to slip up
to make a botch job (of)

Reading

Kana

やりそこなう

Romaji

yarisokonau

Writing Variants

遣り損なう やりそこなう yarisokonau

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 121342 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

損なう

そこなう

to fail to ...

見損なう

みそこなう

to misjudge (someone)

出来損なう

できそこなう

to be badly made

出損なう

でそこなう

to fail to go

行き損なう

いきそこなう

to miss (boat, plane, train, etc.)

言損なう

いいそこなう

to forget to say

作り損なう

つくりぞこなう

to fail in making

取り損う

とりそこなう

to miss (the meaning)

書損なう

かきそこなう

to write incorrectly

死に損なう

しにそこなう

to survive (when others died)

聞損なう

ききそこなう

to miss (the chance to hear)

乗り損なう

のりそこなう

to miss (e.g. train, plane)

Example Sentences

注意しなくては駄目だよ、さもないとまたやり損なうよ。

You've got to be careful or else you'll miss it again.