Dictionary / Vocabulary / 敗戦
はいせん
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
JLPT N1 common word
敗戦のうわさが広まった。
Rumors of defeat were abroad.
日本は敗戦後ソ連と平和条約を締結し損ねました。
After Japan lost the war, it failed to establish a peace treaty with the Soviet Union.