Japanese

しにする

だいなしにする
Meaning: to spoil; to ruin; to make a mess of
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present 台無しにする 台無しにしない
Polite 台無しにします 台無しにしません
Past 台無しにした 台無しにしなかった
Polite + Past 台無しにしました 台無しにしませんでした
Te-form 台無しにして 台無しにしなくて
Potential 台無しにできる 台無しにできない
Passive 台無しにされる 台無しにされない
Causative 台無しにさせる 台無しにさせない
Imperative 台無しにしろ 台無しにするな

Handwriting

台
無
し
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す
る

Example

A trivial word spoiled all my efforts so far.

Usage Notes

Refers to making something good or valuable become useless or completely wasted.

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