惨ざん敗ぱい

also: さんぱい

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

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

Meanings

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

crushing defeat; overwhelming loss; utter failure

Describes a complete, humiliating defeat in a contest, battle, election, or similar competitive situation. Often used in sports, politics, and business contexts.

我わがチームは決けっ勝しょうで惨ざん敗ぱいした。
Our team suffered a crushing defeat in the finals.
選せん挙きょで与よ党とうは惨ざん敗ぱいを喫きっした。
The ruling party suffered an overwhelming loss in the election.

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Usage patterns

〈相手あいて〉〉に惨敗ざんぱいするto suffer a crushing defeat to (an opponent)
選せん挙きょで与よ党とうは野や党とうに惨ざん敗ぱいした。
The ruling party suffered a crushing defeat to the opposition in the election.
〈数かず〉対たい〈数かず〉で惨敗するでざんぱいするto lose by a lopsided score of X to Y
チームは0対たい5で惨ざん敗ぱいした。
The team suffered a crushing defeat, losing 0 to 5.
〈場所ばしょ〉〉で惨敗ざんぱいするto suffer a crushing defeat in (a match, contest, etc.)
決けっ勝しょう戦せんで惨ざん敗ぱいし、優ゆう勝しょうを逃のがした。
They suffered a crushing defeat in the final and missed out on the championship.

Kanji

惨wretched, disaster, cruelty
敗failure, defeat, reversal

Related words

敗はい北ぼくN1
敗北 is a neutral, general word for defeat, while 惨敗 stresses how severe and humiliating the loss was.
完かん敗ぱいN1
完敗 means losing completely without scoring or winning at all, whereas 惨敗 focuses on the shameful, crushing scale of the defeat.
大たい敗はい
大敗 simply means a big loss (e.g. by a wide score), while 惨敗 carries a stronger tone of disgrace and utter failure.
玉ぎょく砕さい
惨敗 is a plain crushing defeat with no sense of honor, while 玉砕 implies a noble or tragic sacrifice in the face of defeat.

Opposites

大たい勝しょう
大勝 means a crushing victory, the direct opposite of 惨敗's crushing defeat.
楽らく勝しょう
惨敗 means a crushing defeat, the direct opposite of 楽勝's easy victory.
快かい勝しょう
惨敗 describes a crushing, humiliating defeat, the direct opposite of the comfortable win described by 快勝.

Written forms

惨敗Usage100%
- ざんぱい
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading ざんぱい is the most common.
- さんぱい
  Alternate reading; less common than ざんぱい.
さんぱい

Etymology

Compound of 惨 (miserable, wretched) and 敗 (defeat). The reading ざんぱい is a standard Sino-Japanese on'yomi combination, while さんぱい is a less common variant.