敗はい北ぼく

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敗北する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	敗はい北ぼくする	敗はい北ぼくしない
Polite	敗はい北ぼくします	敗はい北ぼくしません
Past polite	敗はい北ぼくしました	敗はい北ぼくしませんでした
Past	敗はい北ぼくした	敗はい北ぼくしなかった
Te-form	敗はい北ぼくして	敗はい北ぼくしないで
Desire	敗はい北ぼくしたい	敗はい北ぼくしたくない
Potential	敗はい北ぼくできる	敗はい北ぼくできない
Passive	敗はい北ぼくされる	敗はい北ぼくされない
Causative	敗はい北ぼくさせる	敗はい北ぼくさせない
Causative passive	敗はい北ぼくさせられる	敗はい北ぼくさせられない
Volitional	敗はい北ぼくしよう
Polite volitional	敗はい北ぼくしましょう
Imperative	敗はい北ぼくしろ	敗はい北ぼくするな
Conditional	敗はい北ぼくすれば	敗はい北ぼくしなければ
Tara conditional	敗はい北ぼくしたら	敗はい北ぼくしなかったら

Meanings

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

defeat; loss; setback

Refers to being beaten in a contest, battle, or struggle. Often used in formal or written contexts. The antonym is 勝利 (victory).

Antonyms: 勝利

我わがチームは決けっ勝しょうで敗はい北ぼくした。
Our team was defeated in the finals.
敗はい北ぼくを認みとめるのは難むずかしい。
It is hard to admit defeat.

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Usage patterns

敗はい北ぼくを認みとめるto admit defeat
彼かれはついに敗はい北ぼくを認みとめた。
He finally admitted defeat.
敗北はいぼくを喫きっするto suffer a defeat
our team suffered a defeat in the final match.
Our team suffered a defeat in the final match.
〈相あい手て〉に敗はい北ぼくするto be defeated by someone/something
強きょう豪ごうチームに敗はい北ぼくした。
We were defeated by the powerful team.
敗はい北ぼくに終おわるto end in defeat
長ながい戦たたかいは敗はい北ぼくに終おわった。
The long battle ended in defeat.

Kanji

敗failure, defeat, reversal
北north

Related words· 11

負まけN3
負け is a casual, everyday word for a loss, while 敗北 is more formal and often used in writing about battles or contests.
敗はい戦せんN1
敗戦 specifically means losing a war or military battle, whereas 敗北 is broader and can apply to any contest or struggle.
惨ざん敗ぱい
惨敗 emphasizes a crushing, lopsided defeat, while 敗北 is neutral about the margin of loss.
敗はい退たい
敗北 is the general word for losing or defeat, while 敗退 specifically implies being knocked out of or forced to withdraw from a competition or campaign.

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敗はい訴そ
敗訴 refers specifically to losing a lawsuit, whereas 敗北 is the broader word for defeat in any contest, battle, or competition.
一いっ敗ぱいN1
敗北 is the general word for defeat of any kind, while 一敗 specifically counts a single loss in a match or series.
惜せき敗はい
敗北 is a general, neutral word for defeat, while 惜敗 specifically means a narrow, disappointing loss.
落らく選せん
敗北 is a general word for defeat in any contest or battle, while 落選 specifically refers to losing an election or not being chosen.
連れん敗ぱい
敗北 is a general word for a single defeat, while 連敗 specifically emphasizes a series of losses in a row.
黒くろ星ぼし
敗北 is an abstract, formal word for 'defeat', whereas 黒星 is the concrete symbol used to record a specific loss.
降こう参さんN1
敗北 simply means 'defeat' as an objective fact, while 降参 stresses the voluntary act of admitting defeat and ceasing resistance.

Opposites

勝しょう利りN2
victory; triumph; win
勝かちN3
勝ち is the casual, everyday word for a win, contrasting with the formal defeat term 敗北.
ビクトリー
敗北 means defeat, the direct opposite of the winning sense expressed by ビクトリー.

Don't confuse with

敗はい退たい
敗退 means losing and being eliminated from a tournament or competition, while 敗北 more generally means being defeated in any contest or struggle.
敗はい因いん
敗北 means 'defeat' itself, whereas 敗因 refers to the reason or cause behind that defeat, not the loss itself.

Word family

敗はい北ぼく感かん
sense of defeat; feeling of being beaten
敗はい北ぼく者しゃ
loser; the defeated
敗はい北ぼく主しゅ義ぎ
defeatism
敗はい北ぼく主しゅ義ぎ者しゃ
defeatist

Etymology

Compound of 敗 (hai, 'be defeated') and 北 (hoku, 'flee; be defeated'). The character 北 originally depicted two people back-to-back, implying retreat or defeat in battle.