しくじるshikujiru

1. godan verb, intransitive verbto fail; to blunder; to mess up; to screw up
   今回こんかいはしくじれないぞ。↗

   You cannot fail this time.
2. godan verb, intransitive verbto be dismissed; to be fired

• Synonym失敗しっぱいNeutralNoun and suru verb for failure; the most common everyday word, neutral in tone. 「しくじる」 is more colloquial and carries a note of chagrin.
• Synonym失策しっさくWrittenNoun for a blunder or misstep, often a bad decision as in 「政府の失策」; also a fielding error in baseball. Written/formal.
• SynonymしくるCasualSlangy shortened form of 「しくじる」; even more casual, common in young people's speech, avoided in formal settings.
• SynonymドジるCasualSlang for blundering through clumsiness, with a comic, klutzy feel, as in 「またドジった」; 「しくじる」 need not imply clumsiness.
• SynonymとちるCasualFlubbing lines or stumbling from nerves; used mainly for acting, emceeing and the like, while 「しくじる」 covers botching anything.
• Related誤るあやまるWrittenMaking an error in judgement or direction; written/formal, as in 「判断を誤る」. Focuses on getting something wrong, not on the whole venture failing.
• Related間違えるまちがえるNeutralGetting something wrong or mixing things up, as in 「道を間違える」; focuses on mistaking one thing for another or a wrong method, not on the whole venture being botched.
• Related間違うまちがうNeutralUsed both transitively and intransitively; being wrong or in error, as in 「答えを間違う」. The result is incorrect, not the whole undertaking ruined.
• RelatedしそこなうNeutralFailing to do something properly, or missing the chance to, as in 「言いそこなう」; 「しくじる」 lacks that sense but can mean losing one's job through a blunder.
• Related仕損じるしそんじるWrittenTo botch or bungle; written/formal, as in the proverb 「急いては事を仕損じる」. In speech people say 「しくじる」 or 「失敗する」.
• Related仕損ずるしそんずるWrittenSame meaning as 「仕損じる」 in an older, classical form; rare in modern speech, found mainly in old-style writing.
• Related遣り損なうやりそこなうNeutralBotching or failing to complete an action, or missing one's chance; centres on the act not getting done. 「しくじる」 can also mean losing one's position through a mistake.
• Related過つあやまつWrittenTo err or commit a fault; archaic written style, the verb behind 「過ちを犯す」. Can also mean unintentionally harming life or health.
• Related粗相そそうNeutralNoun/suru verb for a careless slip, also a euphemism for soiling oneself; stresses negligence, as in 「粗相のないように」.
• Relatedまかり間違うまかりまちがうNeutralUsually in the form 「まかり間違えば」: if things should go wrong, disaster could follow. Not used for ordinary small mistakes.
• Related遣り損じるやりそんじるNeutralTo botch or fail at something, also to handle a car badly; uncommon, close in sense to 「やり損なう」.
• Antonymやり遂げるやりとげるNeutralTo see a job or task through to the end, as in 「仕事をやり遂げる」; focuses on completion, opposing 「しくじる」 in the sense of not getting it done.
• Antonym成功するNeutralTo succeed or achieve one's aim, as in 「計画が成功する」; the direct opposite of 「しくじる」 in its sense of failing and botching.

Use 「しくじる」 for colloquial talk of messing up, as in 「試験をしくじる」. For a neutral word say 「失敗する」; for getting something wrong 「間違える」, for errors of judgement 「誤る」, for flubbed lines 「とちる」. The slang forms 「しくる」 and 「ドジる」 are casual speech only, while 「仕損じる」「仕損ずる」「過つ」「失策」 belong to written prose. The opposite is 「成功する」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 本来ほんらいの目的もくてきを達成たっせいできずに終おわる。
2. 失敗しっぱいが原因げんいんで職しょくや地位ちいを失うしなう。