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負まける

まける makeru Play N4 Ichidan verb Intransitive

Meanings and examples

試合や競争で相手に勝てず、相手のほうが優勢になる。 to lose

Example 1

３対たい０で彼かれには負まけています。

He's beating me, three to zip.

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Example 2

私は友人の前で負けたくなかった。

I didn't want to be defeated in front of my friends.

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Kanji breakdown

負

N3

defeat; negative; -; minus; bear; owe; assume a responsibility

On reading
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Kun reading
ま.ける、ま.かす、お.う
Radical
貝
Illustration of 負け

負け

N3

まけ

defeat; loss; losing (a game)

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勝負

N2

しょうぶ

victory or defeat; match; contest; game; bout

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背負う

N2

せおう

to be burdened with; to carry on back or shoulder

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負う

N1

おう

to bear; to owe

Illustration of 負かす

負かす

N1

まかす

to defeat