敗れる

• 読み: やぶれる
• ローマ字: yabureru
• 漢字の分解: 敗 (yabu/hai) — to be defeated, to lose
• 発音: /ja.bɯ.ɾe.ɾɯ/

意味

To be defeated; to lose. Used in competition, battle, or any contest where one side is beaten.

A Group 2 (ichidan) intransitive verb. Distinct from 破れる (to tear/break), which is a homophone. 敗れる specifically means to lose in a competition or conflict. Common pattern: AにBで敗れる (to be defeated by A in B). Often seen in sports, elections, and historical contexts.

例文

1. 決勝戦で強豪チームに敗れた。
2. 選挙で現職に敗れて、引退を決意した。
3. 何度敗れても、諦めずに挑戦し続けた。

使い方ガイド

場面: sports, competition, politics

トーン: somber

起源と歴史

The kanji 敗 combines 貝 (shell/treasure) and 攵 (to strike), originally meaning to destroy valuables — extended to mean defeat or failure.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal