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敗戦 (はいせん, haisen) Japanese meaning: defeat | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation 敗戦する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 敗はい 戦せん する 敗はい 戦せん しない Polite 敗はい 戦せん します 敗はい 戦せん しません Past polite 敗はい 戦せん しました 敗はい 戦せん しませんでした Past 敗はい 戦せん した 敗はい 戦せん しなかった Te-form 敗はい 戦せん して 敗はい 戦せん しないで Desire 敗はい 戦せん したい 敗はい 戦せん したくない Potential 敗はい 戦せん できる 敗はい 戦せん できない Passive 敗はい 戦せん される 敗はい 戦せん されない Causative 敗はい 戦せん させる 敗はい 戦せん させない Causative passive 敗はい 戦せん させられる 敗はい 戦せん させられない Volitional 敗はい 戦せん しよう Polite volitional 敗はい 戦せん しましょう Imperative 敗はい 戦せん しろ 敗はい 戦せん するな Conditional 敗はい 戦せん すれば 敗はい 戦せん しなければ Tara conditional 敗はい 戦せん したら 敗はい 戦せん しなかったら
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Japan was defeated in 1945.
It took time to recover from the shock of defeat.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 で 敗はい 戦せん する to be defeated in (a war/battle/match)
Japan was defeated in World War II.
敗戦はいせん を 喫きっ する to suffer a defeat
The team suffered a lopsided defeat.
敗はい 戦せん の 責せき 任にん を 負お う to take responsibility for a defeat
The coach resigned, taking responsibility for the defeat.
Kanji 敗 failure, defeat, reversal Related words 敗戦 specifically means losing a battle or war, while 敗北 is a broader term that can also describe losing a competition or personal struggle.
敗退 usually describes being eliminated from a competition or tournament after losing, whereas 敗戦 is used more for wars or single battles.
敗戦 refers to losing a battle, war, or game as an event, whereas 一敗 is used to tally one loss within a win-loss record.
敗戦 specifically means losing a war or a major match and carries a heavier, more serious tone than the general-purpose 負け.
Opposites 勝利 means victory, the direct opposite of 敗戦 (defeat).
戦勝 means victory in war, the formal counterpart-opposite of 敗戦 (defeat in war).
Don't confuse with 敗戦 emphasizes Japan's defeat in the war, while 終戦 neutrally means the war's end, and the two terms are often mixed up when discussing WWII's conclusion.
敗戦 means military defeat, while 反戦 means opposition to war; the words sound similar (はんせん vs はいせん) but have unrelated meanings.
Etymology Compound of 敗 (hai, 'defeat') and 戦 (sen, 'war' or 'battle'). The reading is on'yomi.
