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  • 通す
  • 欠かす

9 負ける To Lose

Alternative Meanings

To Be Defeated

Part of Speech

Intransitive verb and Ichidan verb

Reading

まける

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

Context Sentences

すきなチームが負けたので、くやしいです。

My favorite team lost, so I’m frustrated and heartbroken.

食パンマンは、アンパンマンに、チェスでこてんぱんに負けました。

Breadman was badly defeated in a chess game by Anpanman.

「今夜は、どこで食事したい?」「あなたが決めてよ。私はじゃんけんに負けたんだから。」

"Where do you want to eat tonight?" "It’s your call. I lost the rock-paper-scissors."

Meaning Explanation

This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means lose so the verb vocab version means to lose.

Reading Explanation

Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you:

You lose your tournament/soccer game/whatever (you decide something applicable to you). You're sad about this. Who's there to comfort you? Your Ma (ま). She's a nice lady.

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  • 負
    • ふ
    • Lose
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