挫ざ折せつ

ざ

せ

つ

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挫折する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	挫ざ折せつする	挫ざ折せつしない
Polite	挫ざ折せつします	挫ざ折せつしません
Past polite	挫ざ折せつしました	挫ざ折せつしませんでした
Past	挫ざ折せつした	挫ざ折せつしなかった
Te-form	挫ざ折せつして	挫ざ折せつしないで
Desire	挫ざ折せつしたい	挫ざ折せつしたくない
Potential	挫ざ折せつできる	挫ざ折せつできない
Passive	挫ざ折せつされる	挫ざ折せつされない
Causative	挫ざ折せつさせる	挫ざ折せつさせない
Causative passive	挫ざ折せつさせられる	挫ざ折せつさせられない
Volitional	挫ざ折せつしよう
Polite volitional	挫ざ折せつしましょう
Imperative	挫ざ折せつしろ	挫ざ折せつするな
Conditional	挫ざ折せつすれば	挫ざ折せつしなければ
Tara conditional	挫ざ折せつしたら	挫ざ折せつしなかったら

Meanings

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

setback; failure; frustration; discouragement

Refers to a plan, ambition, or effort being thwarted or broken, often with emotional discouragement. Used for personal, professional, or creative setbacks.

彼かれは事じ業ぎょうに挫ざ折せつして、故こ郷きょうに帰かえった。
He suffered a setback in his business and returned to his hometown.
何なん度ど挫ざ折せつしても、また挑ちょう戦せんしたい。
No matter how many times I fail, I want to try again.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉に挫ざ折せつするto be discouraged and give up on something
彼かれはダイエットに挫ざ折せつした。
He gave up on his diet halfway through.
挫ざ折せつを味あじわうto experience a bitter setback
彼かれは初はじめての挫ざ折せつを味あじわった。
He tasted failure for the first time.
挫ざ折せつを乗のり越こえるto overcome a setback
彼かの女じょは挫ざ折せつを乗のり越こえて夢ゆめを実じつ現げんした。
She overcame her setbacks and realized her dream.
〈計けい画かく〉が挫ざ折せつするfor a plan to fall through / be derailed
資し金きん不ぶ足そくで計けい画かくが挫ざ折せつした。
The plan fell through due to lack of funds.

Kanji

挫crush, break, sprain
折fold, break, fracture

Related words

失しっ敗ぱいN4
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.
頓とん挫ざ
頓挫 describes a plan or project coming to a sudden halt or deadlock in formal contexts, while 挫折 focuses on the personal, emotional toll of such a setback.
断だん念ねんN1
断念 is the deliberate act of giving up on something after deciding it's hopeless, whereas 挫折 is the experience of being thwarted, often against one's will.
蹉さ跎だ
挫折 is the common everyday word for a setback or frustration, while 蹉跎 is a rare, literary synonym with the same meaning.

Opposites

成せい功こうN4
成功 means success in achieving a goal, the direct opposite of 挫折, which means having one's plans or ambitions broken.
実じつ現げんN3
挫折 means a plan or dream is thwarted or fails partway through, the opposite of 実現, where it is successfully brought into reality.
貫かん徹てつ
挫折 means being thwarted or giving up partway through, the opposite of 貫徹, which means carrying something through to the end.
乗のり切きるN1
挫折する means to break down or give up partway through, the opposite of 乗り切る's sense of successfully getting all the way through a hardship.

Word family

挫ざ折せつ感かん
feeling of frustration; sense of failure

Etymology

Compound of 挫 (ざ, 'break, sprain') and 折 (せつ, 'break, fold'). The combination conveys the idea of something being broken or crushed, metaphorically extended to plans and morale.