負け

まけ

defeat; loss; losing (a game); failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.)

JLPT N3 Common word

Meanings

Noun
defeat; loss; losing (a game)
Suffix
failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.)
Noun
discount; loss (on a sale)

Example sentences

私わたしの負まけだ。

I give in.
君きみの負まけだね。

You lost the game.
彼かれは負まけを認みとめた。

He admitted himself defeated.
今いまの負まけは御愛嬌ごあいきょうさ。

Why, I've let him win just to please him!
トムは負まけを認みとめた。

Tom admitted his defeat.

More examples (10)

君きみの負まけだ、降参こうさんしろ。

You have been beaten. Give in!
先さきに負まけを認みとめてくれ。

First, admit that you lost.
彼かれは負まけを認みとめなかった。

He didn't acknowledge defeat.
君きみの負まけだ。あきらめろ。

You are beaten. Give up.
今日きょうの負まけは無駄むだじゃない。

Today's loss is not merely a waste.
どちらにせよ、君きみの負まけだよ。

Either way, you lose.
どっちにしろ、お前まえの負まけだ。

Either way, you lose.
結局けっきょく私わたしたちの負まけじゃないか。

After all that, we lost, huh?
どっちに転ころんでも君きみの負まけだよ。

Heads I win, tails you lose.
トムは負まけを認みとめるしかなかった。

Tom had to admit defeat.