惜敗する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 惜敗する | 惜敗しない |
| Polite | 惜敗します | 惜敗しません |
| Past polite | 惜敗しました | 惜敗しませんでした |
| Past | 惜敗した | 惜敗しなかった |
| Te-form | 惜敗して | 惜敗しないで |
| Desire | 惜敗したい | 惜敗したくない |
| Potential | 惜敗できる | 惜敗できない |
| Passive | 惜敗される | 惜敗されない |
| Causative | 惜敗させる | 惜敗させない |
| Causative passive | 惜敗させられる | 惜敗させられない |
| Volitional | 惜敗しよう | |
| Polite volitional | 惜敗しましょう | |
| Imperative | 惜敗しろ | 惜敗するな |
| Conditional | 惜敗すれば | 惜敗しなければ |
| Tara conditional | 惜敗したら | 惜敗しなかったら |
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
narrow defeat; regrettable loss
Used for a close loss in a competition, match, or election, often with a sense of disappointment. Common in sports and political reporting.
We lost by a narrow margin in the final, but the players gave it their all.
In the election results, he suffered a narrow defeat by just 200 votes.
Japan suffered a narrow loss to Brazil.
We lost by a narrow one-point margin.