Skip to content
Nihongo Circle
.
Lessons
Learn
Road map
Study guides
Kana
Dictionary
Grammar
Immersion
Culture
Practice
Tomo challenges
Games
Mock exam
Reading level
Your space
Cosmetics shop
Sign up free
Lessons
Dictionary
Games
Explore
All levels
Study level
Sign in
Dictionary
負
Defeat, Negative, -, Minus, Bear, Owe, Assume A Responsibility
9 strokes
N3
On readings 音読み
ふ
Kun readings 訓読み
ま.ける、ま.かす、お.う
Built from
Prison
Shellfish
Words using 負
負ける
まける
to lose (a game) (v.i.)
N4
負け
まけ
defeat
N3
負う
おう
to bear
N3
勝負
しょうぶ
victory or defeat
N2
背負う
せおう
to be burdened with
N2
負債
ふさい
debt
N1
負傷
ふしょう
injury
N1
負かす
まかす
to defeat
N1
負担
ふたん
burden
N1
お負けに
おまけに
to make matters worse
勝負
しょうぶ
victory or defeat; match, contest, game, bout, showdown
負け方
まけかた
way of losing ; how one loses ; process leading to a defeat
Stroke order & more on Jisho
More at JLPT N3
All 2,138 N3 words
All 367 N3 kanji
Everything N3