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取り損ねる取りそこねる [sK] とり損ねる [sK]
とりそこねる
1. [v1,vt]
▶ to miss
▶ to fail to get
▶ to fail to obtain
▶ to fail to catch
▶ to fail to win
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1707910 取り損なう 1. to miss; to fail to get; to fail to obtain; to fail to catch; to fail to win

Conjugations


History:
4. A 2023-08-20 22:43:26  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
取り損ね	        32,805	75.1%	
取りそこね	2,703	6.2%	
とり損ね	        4,337	9.9%	
とりそこね	3,815	8.7%
  Diff:
@@ -5,0 +6,8 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>取りそこねる</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>とり損ねる</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
3. A 2023-08-20 22:41:36  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Aligning.
  Diff:
@@ -14,0 +15,2 @@
+<gloss>to fail to get</gloss>
+<gloss>to fail to obtain</gloss>
@@ -15,0 +18 @@
+<gloss>to fail to win</gloss>
2. A 2023-08-20 01:45:07  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Eijiro, e.g. 易しい球を取り損ねる;《野球》 : miss the easy ball
GG5 (落とす entry): 〔取り損ねる〕 miss; fail to catch.
Reverso
  Comments:
Possibly a recent formation.
  Diff:
@@ -15 +15 @@
-<gloss>to fail to capture</gloss>
+<gloss>to fail to catch</gloss>
1. A* 2023-08-19 15:06:01  Gian Fontanilla <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
The word appears in https://kotobank.jp/ejword/lose . 
A similar term, 取り損なう is already an entry: https://www.edrdg.org/jmdictdb/cgi-bin/entr.py?svc=jmdict&sid=&e=68054 .
When checking the Google n-gram corpus counts, however, this word has a much higher score than the already-existing entry as of this writing. (取り損ねる: 3094, 取り損なう: 47)
  Comments:
The meaning provided may not be accurate. The word was seen/heard in a news feature program as in 「〇〇が問題を取り損ねた!」where a speed arithmetic contestant messed up in turning over the questionnaire after the buzzer.

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