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失敗

しっぱい

Meanings

failure; mistake; blunder

Part of speech: noun, suru verb, transitive, intransitive

Kanji

失
Meanings
lose, error, fault, disadvantage
On reading
シツ
Kun reading
うしな.う、う.せる
Strokes
5
敗
Meanings
failure, defeat, reversal
On reading
ハイ
Kun reading
やぶ.れる
Strokes
11

Example sentences

１度や２度の失敗はだれにでもある。
Everybody fails once or twice.
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