蹉さ跌てつ

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

failure; setback; stumbling

A somewhat formal or literary term for a setback, failure, or stumbling in a plan, career, or endeavor. Often used in written or serious contexts.

• 事じ業ぎょうの蹉さ跌てつを乗のり越こえて、彼かれは再さい起きを果はたした。

  He overcame the setback in his business and made a comeback.

• 計けい画かくは資し金きん不ぶ足そくで蹉さ跌てつした。

  The plan stumbled due to lack of funds.