失敗

• 読み: しっぱい
• ローマ字: shippai
• 漢字の分解: 失 (shitsu/ushina) — lose, miss; 敗 (hai/yabu) — defeat, failure
• 発音: /ɕip.pa.i/

意味

Failure; mistake; blunder. An unsuccessful result or error in judgment.

A noun that can also be used as a する verb (失敗する, to fail). The opposite of 成功 (success). As a standalone noun, it refers to the failure itself — a mistake, blunder, or unsuccessful outcome. Common in expressions like 失敗は成功のもと (failure is the mother of success).

例文

1. 誰でも失敗から学ぶことができます。
2. 今回の失敗を次に生かしたいです。
3. 大きな失敗も時間がたてば笑い話になります。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily life, work, motivation

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 失 (lose, miss) and 敗 (defeat, failure). Together they create an emphatic expression of loss and defeat — a thorough lack of success.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal