敗

Meaning

敗 centers on losing or being overturned: failure, defeat, or a reversal of fortune. The idea is that something is broken or turned against its intended outcome.

• 失敗しっぱい
  N4

  failure; mistake; blunder

• 敗はい

  loss; defeat

• 敗北はいぼく
  N1

  defeat; loss; reverse; setback

• 敗戦はいせん
  N1

  defeat; lost battle; losing a war

• 腐敗ふはい
  N1

  decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; spoilage

• 敗れるやぶれる
  N2

  to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose

• 連敗れんぱい

  consecutive defeats; series of defeats

• 敗者はいしゃ

  loser; defeated person; the defeated

• 敗退はいたい

  being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)

• 勝敗しょうはい
  N2

  victory or defeat; outcome (of a game, battle, etc.)

• 惨敗ざんぱい

  ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat

• 完敗かんぱい
  N1

  (suffering a) complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation

• 無敗むはい

  undefeated

• 大敗たいはい

  crushing defeat

• 敗訴はいそ

  loss of a (legal) case

• 成敗せいはい

  success and failure

• 成敗せいばい

  punishment; judgement; judgment

• 敗因はいいん

  cause of defeat

• 不敗ふはい

  undefeated; unbeatable; invincible

• 全敗ぜんぱい

  complete defeat; losing all of one's matches; finishing the tournament with no wins

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