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負け越し (まけこし) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

負まけ越こし

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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noun

more losses than wins; losing record

sports

Used in sports and competitive contexts to describe a record where losses outnumber wins. Often used with 〜で終わる or 〜になる.

Antonyms: 勝ち越し

今こんシーズンは負まけ越こしで終おわった。
We finished this season with a losing record.

チームは5勝しょう7敗はいで負まけ越こしになった。

The team ended up with more losses than wins at 5 wins and 7 losses.

Kanji

負defeat, negative, -
越surpass, cross over, move to

Similar words

勝かち越こし
Antonym: having more wins than losses. 負け越し means the opposite, with more losses than wins.

Etymology

Compound of 負け (make, 'loss') + 越し (koshi, 'exceeding'). The combination literally means 'losses exceeding', referring to a record where losses outnumber wins.