Illustration: At a school robotics competition, a student sits beside the team's small robot after its central wheel assembly has broken on the obstacle course. Several carefully repaired practice prototypes fill an open equipment case, showing the effort behind this attempt.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

挫ざ折せつ

zasetsu

to suffer a setback, to fail

Example sentences

  1. 資金不足しきんふそくのためわれわれの計画けいかくは挫折ざせつした。

    Our plan failed because of the shortage of funds.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 病気びょうきで彼かれの旅行りょこうの計画けいかくは挫折ざせつした。

    Illness frustrated his plans for the trip.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. でも、挫折ざせつするなよ！

    You shouldn’t get discouraged!

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 挫折

  • 挫crush; breakOnザ・サKunくじく・くじける
  • 折fold; breakOnセツ・シャクKunおる・おり・おり

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