Illustration: At the end of a local amateur wrestling match in a community gym, the referee holds one competitor’s wrist aloft while the defeated competitor stands beside them with his arm lowered. The loser’s shoulders sag, and he looks ruefully toward the winner before offering a respectful handshake.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

敗やぶれる

yabureru

to be defeated, to lose

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしたちは試合しあいに敗やぶれた。

    We lost the game.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 私わたしたちはライバルに価格競争かかくきょうそうで敗やぶれた。

    We lost out to our rival in price competition.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 敗やぶれても彼かれの意気いきはくじけなかった。

    The defeat didn’t dampen his spirits.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 敗

  • 敗failure; defeatOnハイKunやぶれる

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