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    3. 敗北

    敗北

    敗はい北ぼく

    defeat

    KMT4News #7+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveSports & Martial ArtsKanji Vocab16 strokes

    はいぼく

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    defeat, loss, reverse, setback

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    試し合あいで敗はい北ぼくした。

    We were defeated in the game.

    KMT3Sports & Martial Arts
    チームは決けっ勝しょう戦せんで敗はい北ぼくを喫きっした。

    The team suffered a defeat in the final match.

    KMT4Sports & Martial Arts
    どんなに強つよいチームでも、時ときには敗はい北ぼくを経けい験けんする。

    Even the strongest team sometimes experiences defeat.

    KMT4Sports & Martial Arts
    オリンピックでの敗はい北ぼくは、彼かれにとって大おおきな悔くやしさだった。

    The defeat at the Olympics was a great disappointment for him.

    KMT5Sports & Martial ArtsEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれの計けい画かくは、予よ期きせぬ障しょう害がいにより敗はい北ぼくを余よ儀ぎなくされた。

    His plan was forced into defeat by unexpected obstacles.

    KMT6Work & CareerEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    敗
    やぶ.れる…(1)
    failure・defeat・reversal
    北
    きた…(5)
    north
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