あぶれる

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

fail to get a job; miss out on a catch

Used when someone fails to secure a position (especially employment) or comes away empty-handed from fishing, hunting, or similar activities.

• 今年ことしも就しゅう職しょくにあぶれてしまった。

  I failed to get a job again this year.

• 釣つりに行いったけど、全ぜん然ぜんあぶれて帰かえってきた。

  I went fishing but came back empty-handed.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

be left out; be crowded out

Describes being excluded from a group, opportunity, or limited resource; often implies others got something and you didn't.

• 人にん気きのチケットはすぐ売うり切きれて、あぶれてしまった。

  The popular tickets sold out quickly and I missed out.

• みんなが選えらばれて、一人ひとりだけあぶれた。

  Everyone else was chosen and I was the only one left out.