負ける

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

意味

To lose; to be defeated. To come out on the losing side of a competition or contest.

A Group 2 (ichidan) verb. The intransitive counterpart of situations involving competition. The opposite of 勝つ (to win). Used for games, sports, arguments, and figuratively for giving in to temptation or pressure. Can also mean to give a discount (colloquial).

例文

1. 昨日の試合で私たちのチームが負けました。
2. 絶対に負けたくないので、毎日練習しています。
3. 暑さに負けないように水をたくさん飲んでください。

使い方ガイド

場面: sports, games, competition

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

The kanji 負 depicts a person (人) carrying a shell/cowrie (貝) on their back — bearing a burden, which came to represent bearing defeat or loss.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal