Haiboku

敗北 (Haiboku) is a Japanese noun meaning “defeat, loss, reverse, setback”.

Meanings

  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbdefeat; loss; reverse; setback

Examples

  • Actually, we had prepared ourselves for defeat.

  • He will on no account accept defeat.

  • The defeated army retreated from the country.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 敗北

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