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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

ロス

rosu

loss, wasted time

Often appears in compounds such as タイムロス. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 君きみはロスを取とり戻もどさなければならない。

    You must make up for the loss.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. また、鉄砲てっぽうの時間差じかんさを見越みこして断続的だんぞくてきに攻撃こうげきを仕掛しかけたが、織田軍おだぐんの時間じかんロスを減へらした三段撃さんだんうちによって被害ひがいを拡大かくだいさせた。

    Another explanation is that the Oda army’s sandan-uchi which compensated for the teppo’s slow reloading did greater damage to the Takeda forces which made intermittent attack, anticipating the delay in firing.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. これが原因げんいんでタイムを大おおきくロスしてしまい、もしかしたら、このアクシデントがなかったら、レース終盤しゅうばんはもっと良よくなっていただろう。

    Due to this a lot of time was lost, it’s possible that if it wasn’t for this accident the final stage of the race would have been better.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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