Illustration: In the courtyard of a surrendered castle during an early Edo conflict, the defeated commander kneels before the opposing commander and presents his sheathed sword with both hands. Behind him, his soldiers have laid their spears in orderly bundles and stand with lowered heads beside the opened gate.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

敗はい戦せん

haisen

defeat in war

Example sentences

  1. 敗戦はいせんのうわさが広ひろまった。

    Rumors of defeat were abroad.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 日本にっぽんは敗戦はいせん後ごソ連れんと平和条約へいわじょうやくを締結ていけつし損そこねました。

    After Japan lost the war, it failed to establish a peace treaty with the Soviet Union.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. この敗戦はいせんの責任せきにんをとらされ免職めんしょくされた。

    Made to take the responsibility of this defeat, he was dismissed.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 敗戦

  • 敗failure; defeatOnハイKunやぶれる
  • 戦war; battleOnセンKunいくさ・たたかう・おののく

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