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    3. 根負け

    根負け

    根こん負まけ​

    being beaten by one's opponent's persistence

    KMT10News #38+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab22 strokes

    こんまけ

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    being beaten by one's opponent's persistence, being outlasted, running out of patience, giving in, succumbing (to)

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    彼かれの熱ねつ意いに根こん負まけした。

    I gave in to his enthusiasm.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    子こ供どものしつこいお願ねがいに根こん負まけして、おもちゃを買かってあげた。

    I gave in to my child's persistent request and bought them a toy.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    交こう渉しょう相あい手ての粘ねばり強づよさに根こん負まけし、最さい終しゅう的てきに条じょう件けんをのむことになった。

    I succumbed to the persistence of the negotiating party and ultimately accepted their terms.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyBusiness & Finance
    彼かの女じょの涙なみだながらの訴うったえに、彼かれはついに根こん負まけしてしまった。

    He finally gave in to her tearful plea.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    毎まい日にち同おなじことを言いわれ続つづけ、ついに根こん負まけして承しょう諾だくした。

    I was told the same thing every day, and finally gave in and agreed.

    KMT10Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    根
    ね・-ね…(1)
    root・radical・head (pimple)
    Kanji
    負
    ま.ける・ま.かす・お.う…(1)
    defeat・negative・-・minus・bear…(2)
    Kanji
    け
    ke
    Kana
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