気き合あい負まけ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

being daunted; being cowed; being overawed

Describes losing one's fighting spirit or being psychologically overwhelmed, often by an opponent's intensity or presence. Used as a noun or with する.

• 相あい手ての迫はく力りょくに気き合あい負まけしてしまった。

  I was overawed by my opponent's intensity.

• 大だい事じな試し合あいで気き合あい負まけしないように、しっかり準じゅん備びしよう。

  Let's prepare thoroughly so we don't get psyched out in the important match.