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しくじる

godan verbtransitive 他動詞intransitive 自動詞

Meanings

1to fail
2to fall through
3to blunder
4to mess up
5to be dismissed
6to be fired

Example sentence

なす価値のあることはしくじる価値がある。

If a thing is worth doing it is worth doing badly.

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