Kanji

敗

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
失敗を恐れずに挑戦することが大切だ。

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
チームは決勝戦で惜しくも敗北した。

The team unfortunately suffered a defeat in the final match.

闘志 とうし
彼は敗北を喫したが、その目にはまだ闘志がみなぎっていた。

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

敗れる やぶれる
私たちのチームは決勝戦で敗れた。

Our team was defeated in the final match.

伏兵 ふくへい
優勝候補の選手が、ノーマークだった伏兵に敗れた。

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

勝敗 しょうはい
どちらのチームが勝つか、勝敗は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.

票 ひょう
今回の選挙では、わずか数票の差で勝敗が決まった。

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

腐敗 ふはい
政治の腐敗を正すために、新しい法律が施行された。

A new law was enforced to correct political corruption.

嘆く なげく
多くの人が政治の腐敗を嘆いている

Many people are lamenting the political corruption.

Example Vocabulary

失敗

しっぱい

failure; mistake

敗北

はいぼく

defeat; loss

敗れる

やぶれる

to be defeated; to lose

勝敗

しょうはい

victory or defeat; outcome (of a match)

腐敗

ふはい

corruption; decay; rot

敗者

はいしゃ

loser

完敗

かんぱい

complete defeat; utter loss

失敗作

しっぱいさく

成敗

せいばい

敗戦

はいせん

defeat; losing a war or match

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