Kanji

敗

failure, defeat, reversal

Kanji

Grade

Grade 4

Strokes

11 strokes

Radical

攴部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ハイ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

やぶれる

Common Readings

ハイ, やぶ…れる

Example sentences

失敗 しっぱい
失敗 恐れずに 挑戦 する こと 大切

It is important to challenge yourself without being afraid of failure.

だが だが
頑張った だが 失敗 した

I tried hard, but I failed.

敗北 はいぼく
チーム 決勝戦 惜しくも 敗北 した

The team unfortunately suffered a defeat in the final match.

闘志 とうし
敗北 喫した その まだ 闘志 みなぎっていた

He suffered a defeat, but his eyes still overflowed with fighting spirit.

敗れる やぶれる
私たち チーム 決勝戦 敗れた

Our team was defeated in the final match.

伏兵 ふくへい
優勝 候補 選手 ノーマーク だった 伏兵 敗れた

The favorite to win was defeated by an unranked dark horse.

勝敗 しょうはい
どちら チーム 勝つ 勝敗 最後 まで 分からなかった

It was unclear until the very end which team would win; the outcome was unknown.

ひょう
今回 選挙 わずか 勝敗 決まった

In this election, the outcome was decided by a margin of only a few votes.

腐敗 ふはい
政治 腐敗 正す ため 新しい 法律 施行された

A new law was enforced to correct political corruption.

嘆く なげく
多く 政治 腐敗 嘆いている

Many people are lamenting the political corruption.

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