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Meaning of 敗北 in Japanese
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敗北JLPT 1
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Kana Readingはいぼく
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Romajihaiboku
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- defeat
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- Parts of speech
- noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru, intransitive verb
- Meaning
- to be defeated
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Examples of 敗北, はいぼく in a sentence
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Bravely though they fought, they were defeated.
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He will on no account accept defeat.
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彼は、自分のお気に入りのコーラス・ガールが、ほかの男と結婚した時、敗北を認めた。
He threw in the towel in defeat when his favorite chorus girl married another man.
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Defeat and failure make people too humble.
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The defeated army retreated from the country.
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将軍は結局のところ敗北を認めたが、予想だにしなかったことである。
The general had 20/20 hindsight about the defeat, but no foresight at all.