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“To fail to obtain” in Japanese

Short answer
取り損なう torisokonau torisokonau

To fail to obtain in Japanese is “取り損なう” (torisokonau). Full meaning: to miss, to fail to get, to fail to obtain, to fail to catch, to fail to win; to miss (the meaning), to misunderstand.

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