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損なう is an exact match with one form of the following word:
損なう
BOOST
Reading : そこなう   
1. to harm; to hurt; to injure; to damage
auxiliary verb
2. to fail in doing
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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損なう is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 24,000 (about 25,800,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 15193
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 16 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
このこと
かのじょ
彼女
めいせい
名声
おお
いに
そこ
なわれた

Her good fame was greatly damaged by this.
わたし
とら
ねら
って
はっぽう
発砲
した
そこ
なった

I aimed at the tiger and fired, but missed him.
わたし
かれ
そこ
なわれた
めいせい
名声
もど
した
I tried to repair his damaged prestige.
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損う
BOOST
Reading : そこなう   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 142,000 (about 632,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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そこなう
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 204,000 (about 227,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 16 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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ソン   そこなう    そこねる to injure, to harm   
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イン    employee   
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かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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hand
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