失しっ敗ぱい

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Common wordJLPTN4Freq.FrequencyTop 1,000

失敗する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	失しっ敗ぱいする	失しっ敗ぱいしない
Polite	失しっ敗ぱいします	失しっ敗ぱいしません
Past polite	失しっ敗ぱいしました	失しっ敗ぱいしませんでした
Past	失しっ敗ぱいした	失しっ敗ぱいしなかった
Te-form	失しっ敗ぱいして	失しっ敗ぱいしないで
Desire	失しっ敗ぱいしたい	失しっ敗ぱいしたくない
Potential	失しっ敗ぱいできる	失しっ敗ぱいできない
Passive	失しっ敗ぱいされる	失しっ敗ぱいされない
Causative	失しっ敗ぱいさせる	失しっ敗ぱいさせない
Causative passive	失しっ敗ぱいさせられる	失しっ敗ぱいさせられない
Volitional	失しっ敗ぱいしよう
Polite volitional	失しっ敗ぱいしましょう
Imperative	失しっ敗ぱいしろ	失しっ敗ぱいするな
Conditional	失しっ敗ぱいすれば	失しっ敗ぱいしなければ
Tara conditional	失しっ敗ぱいしたら	失しっ敗ぱいしなかったら

Meanings

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

failure; mistake; blunder

Covers a wide range of unsuccessful outcomes, from minor mistakes to major failures. Used as both a noun and a suru-verb.

実じっ験けんは失しっ敗ぱいに終おわった。
The experiment ended in failure.
また同おなじ失しっ敗ぱいをしてしまった。
I made the same mistake again.
彼かれは事じ業ぎょうに失しっ敗ぱいした。
He failed in his business.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉に失しっ敗ぱいするto fail at something
彼かれは事じ業ぎょうに失しっ敗ぱいした。
He failed in his business venture.
失しっ敗ぱいから学まなぶto learn from a failure
失しっ敗ぱいから多おおくのことを学まなんだ。
I learned a lot from my failures.
失しっ敗ぱいを繰くり返かえすto repeat a mistake
同おなじ失しっ敗ぱいを繰くり返かえさないように気きをつけている。
I'm being careful not to repeat the same mistake.
失しっ敗ぱいを認みとめるto admit a failure
彼かれは自じ分ぶんの失しっ敗ぱいを素す直なおに認みとめた。
He honestly admitted his mistake.
失しっ敗ぱいを活いかすto make use of a failure (turn it into something positive)
この失しっ敗ぱいを次つぎのプロジェクトに活いかしたい。
I want to put this failure to good use in the next project.

Expressions

失しっ敗ぱいを恐おそれるbe afraid of making mistakes; fear failure
失しっ敗ぱいは成せい功こうの母ははfailure is the mother of success
失しっ敗ぱいは成せい功こうのもとfailure is the foundation of success; failure teaches success

Kanji

失lose, error, fault
敗failure, defeat, reversal

Related words· 20

間ま違ちがいN3
間違い refers to an error or wrong action, often smaller in scale, while 失敗 can describe a full-blown failure of an attempt or plan.
ミスN3
ミス is a casual loanword for a minor or technical mistake, whereas 失敗 covers a broader range including major failures.
過あやまちN1
過ち is a more formal or literary word for a moral or serious error, while 失敗 is the everyday term for any unsuccessful outcome.
失しっ態たい
失敗 is a neutral, general word for any mistake or failure, while 失態 specifically means a blunder that brings shame or damages one's reputation.

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過か失しつN2
失敗 is a general failure or unsuccessful attempt, while 過失 specifically implies fault caused by carelessness, often in a legal or formal sense.
不ふ発はつ
失敗 is the general word for any kind of failure, while 不発 specifically describes something (a gun, bomb, plan) that failed to fire or materialize.
爆ばく死し
失敗 is the general, neutral word for 'failure', while 爆死 (slang) emphasizes a spectacular, embarrassing flop.
しくじるN1
失敗する is the neutral, all-purpose word for failing at something, while しくじる is more casual and carries a stronger sense of personal blunder.
失しっ策さく
失敗 is a broad word for failure or a mistake in general, while 失策 more narrowly points to a misjudged plan or action.
つまずくN2
失敗する is a general, plain word for 'to fail', whereas 躓く keeps the image of a small stumble or temporary setback rather than outright failure.
挫ざ折せつ
失敗 refers to failure or a mistake in general, while 挫折 specifically emphasizes the breaking of one's spirit or ambition and the discouragement that follows.
外はずれN1
失敗 is the general word for a failure or mistake, while 外れ specifically means a miss or a dud, often in lottery or prediction contexts.
空から振ぶり
失敗 is the general word for failure or a mistake, while 空振り specifically evokes an attempt that misses its target entirely, like a swung bat missing the ball.
抜ぬかる
失敗する means to fail or be unsuccessful in general, whereas 抜かる points to a preventable slip caused by inattention.
失しつ
失敗 is the standard everyday word for a failure or mistake, while 失 is a more formal term often confined to written or specialized language.
不ふ合ごう格かくN3
失敗 is a general word for any kind of failure or mistake, whereas 不合格 is specifically about not passing an exam, test, or inspection.
失しっ点てん
失敗 is the everyday word for any failure or mistake, whereas 失点 (figurative sense) implies the failure specifically damages one's standing in a competition or evaluation.
落おちるN4
失敗する is the general verb for 'to fail' at any task, while 落ちる's failure sense is narrower, used mainly for exams, auditions, and elections.
ドジ
失敗 is the broad, neutral term for failure or a mistake in general, while ドジ narrows this to a clumsy, silly blunder often mentioned with a laugh.
やらかす
失敗する is the neutral, formal way to say 'to fail' or 'make a mistake', whereas やらかす is slangy and carries a blunt, exasperated tone.

Opposites· 7

成せい功こうN4
成功 means 'success', the direct opposite outcome to 失敗 ('failure').
達たっ成せいN2
失敗 means failing to accomplish something, the opposite outcome of 達成, which means successfully reaching a goal.
奏そう功こう
失敗 means failure, the direct opposite of 奏功, which means a plan or effort has succeeded.

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うまくいくN4
失敗 means to fail, the direct opposite of うまくいく which means to go well or succeed.
成なし遂とげるN1
失敗する means to fail at something, the opposite outcome from 成し遂げる, which means to successfully accomplish it.
遂とげるN1
失敗する means to fail, the opposite of successfully accomplishing something as expressed by 遂げる.
サクセス
失敗 (failure) is the natural opposite of サクセス (success), though 失敗 itself is the everyday Japanese term while サクセス stays a stylish loanword.

Don't confuse with

失しっ敬けいN1
失敗 (failure) shares the kanji 失 with 失敬 but has a completely unrelated meaning of making a mistake or failing.

Word family· 12

失しっ敗ぱい談だん
failure story; horror story
大だい失しっ敗ぱい
complete failure; debacle; fiasco; disaster
失しっ敗ぱい作さく
failed work; flop; dud
失しっ敗ぱい例れい
example of failure; instance of failure
失しっ敗ぱい学がく
failure analysis; science of failure

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失しっ敗ぱい率りつ
failure rate; rate of failure
失しっ敗ぱい者しゃ
loser; failure
失しっ敗ぱい判はん定てい
fail verdict; failure determination
失しっ敗ぱい国こっ家か
failed state
失しっ敗ぱい隠かくし
cover-up; concealment of a failure
市し場じょうの失しっ敗ぱい
market failure

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Written forms

失しっ敗ぱいUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency word.
シッパイUsage<1%

Etymology

Sino-Japanese compound of 失 (loss, error) and 敗 (defeat, failure).