負け

• 読み: まけ
• ローマ字: make
• 漢字の分解: 負 (fu/makeru) — lose, bear, owe
• 発音: /ma.ke/

意味

Defeat; loss. The state of having lost a competition or contest.

A noun derived from the verb 負ける (makeru, to lose). Used in sports, games, and figurative contexts. Key patterns: 負けず嫌い (makezu-girai, hating to lose/competitive person), 勝ち負け (kachi-make, winning and losing), 負けを認める (make wo mitomeru, to admit defeat). Also appears in commercial contexts: 負けてくれる (makete kureru, to give a discount).

例文

1. 今日の試合は3対1で負けだった。
2. 彼は負けず嫌いな性格だ。
3. 勝ち負けより楽しむことが大切だ。

使い方ガイド

場面: sports, competition, games

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Noun form of 負ける (makeru, to lose/bear). The kanji 負 depicts a person (人) carrying a shell (貝) on their back, symbolising bearing a burden — extended to bearing a defeat.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal