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    3. 負け犬

    負け犬

    負まけ​犬いぬ

    loser

    KMT10News #46+1Ref L2NounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab16 strokes

    まけいぬ

    Noun

    1.
    loser, failure, underdog, unsuccessful person, non-achiever, loser dog
    2.
    unmarried and childless older woman
    slangderogatory

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    彼かれは自じ分ぶんを負まけ犬いぬだと思おもっていた。

    He thought of himself as a loser.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    どんなに困こん難なんな状じょう況きょうでも、負まけ犬いぬになるな。

    No matter how difficult the situation, don't be a loser.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    社しゃ会かいの負まけ犬いぬとレッテルを貼はられた人ひと々びとにも、それぞれの人じん生せいがある。

    Even people labeled as society's losers have their own lives.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily LifePolitics & Law
    失しっ敗ぱいを恐おそれて挑ちょう戦せんしないのは、まさに負まけ犬いぬの考かんがえ方かただ。

    Fearing failure and not challenging oneself is truly a loser's way of thinking.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かれは負まけ犬いぬの遠とお吠ぼえのように、不ふ満まんをぶちまけた。

    He vented his frustrations like a loser's howl (lit. a loser dog's distant howl).

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyAnimals

    Characters that make up this word

    負
    ま.ける・ま.かす・お.う…(1)
    defeat・negative・-・minus・bear…(2)
    Kanji
    犬
    いぬ・いぬ-…(1)
    dog
    Kanji
    け
    ke
    Kana
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