負ける
まける
Meanings
- Ichidan verb, Intransitive to lose; to be defeated; to be beaten (occ. written as 敗ける)
- to give in (to); to yield; to succumb; to give way; to surrender; to be overcome (with)
- to be inferior (to); to be second (to); to be outdone (by)
- to get a rash (from); to come out in a rash
- Ichidan verb, Transitive to reduce the price; to give a discount; to throw in (something extra) for free
Kanji
- 負 lose. Read as まける.
Example sentences
- 負けない！
I won't lose! - 君が負けるとは夢にも思わなかった。
Never did I dream that you would lose. - 君が間抜けだったおかげで、僕たちはその試合に負けたんだ。
Thanks to your stupidity, we lost the game. - 驚いたことに彼はその試合で負けてしまった。
To our surprise, he was defeated in the match. - 競馬で負けて、スッテンテンだよ。
I just lost at the races so I'm flat broke.
Common phrases
- 試合に負ける
- 戦争に負ける
- 選手に負ける
- 誘惑に負ける (ゆうわくにまける) to yield to temptation
- 試合で負ける
- チームが負ける
- プレッシャーに負ける
- 勝負に負ける
- 戦いに負ける
- 開幕から負ける
- 競争に負ける
- 賭けに負ける
- じゃんけんで負ける
- 圧力に負ける
- 大差で負ける
Related forms
- 負かす (まかす) to defeat (transitive partner)
Words containing 負ける
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