Word Meaning 言損なう

いいそこなう iisokonau

言損なう is read as いいそこなう (iisokonau) and means to forget to say.

Meaning

English

to forget to say
to miss one's chance to say
to say incorrectly
to use the wrong words
to make a slip of the tongue

Reading

Kana

いいそこなう

Romaji

iisokonau

Writing Variants

言いそこなう いいそこなう iisokonau
言い損なう いいそこなう iisokonau

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 74346 Priority L

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

言損ない

いいそこない

slip of the tongue

言う

いう

to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping")

言い合う

いいあう

to quarrel

言い換える

いいかえる

to say in other words

言い換え

いいかえ

putting in other words

言改める

いいあらためる

to correct oneself

言ふ方無し

いうかたなし

unspeakable

言語島

げんごとう

language island

言語学的実在論

げんごがくてきじつざいろん

linguistic realism

損なう

そこなう

to fail to ...

見損なう

みそこなう

to misjudge (someone)

無理を言う

むりをいう

to ask a big favour