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敗戦
はいせん
N1
noun
transitive 他動詞
intransitive 自動詞
Meanings
1
defeat
2
losing a war
3
lost battle
Example sentence
敗戦のうわさが広まった。
Rumors of defeat were abroad.
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Mine a sentence — saw 敗戦 in the wild?
Kanji in this word
敗
Failure, Defeat, Reversal
11 strokes
戦
War, Battle, Match
13 strokes
More words with
敗
失敗
しっぱい ·
failure
N4
腐敗
ふはい ·
decay
N1
敗北
はいぼく ·
defeat (as a verb it means 'to be defeated')
N1
連敗
れんぱい ·
consecutive defeats
勝敗
しょうはい ·
victory or defeat
N2
Full entry on Jisho
惨敗
ざんぱい ·
ignominious defeat
敗れる
やぶれる ·
to be defeated
失敗談
しっぱいだん ·
failure story
More words with
戦
戦後
せんご ·
postwar period
戦争
せんそう ·
war
N4
冷戦
れいせん ·
cold war
作戦
さくせん ·
military operations
N1
戦闘
せんとう ·
battle
N1
挑戦
ちょうせん ·
challenge
N3
大戦
たいせん ·
great war
N3
戦略
せんりゃく ·
strategy
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