失敗 (しっぱい): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

失敗 (しっぱい) means failure / mistake.

See example sentences below.

失敗 at a glance

失敗

しっぱいshippai

N4noun

failure / mistake

失敗しっぱいshippaiN4Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

failure / mistake

Example 1

しっぱいしてしまった。

Translation

I ended up failing.

Example 2

しっぱいはだれにでもある。

Translation

Everyone makes mistakes.

Kanji 敗: failure, defeat, reversal

Kanji 敗: meanings, readings, and example words.

Kanji 失: lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss

Kanji 失: meanings, readings, and example words.

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