敗れる|やぶれるyabureru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
    ナポレオンの軍隊ぐんたいは1815年ねんにワーテルローの戦たたかいに敗やぶれた。↗
    Napoleon's army lost the battle of Waterloo in 1815.
Conjugation
Dictionary form敗れる(やぶれる)
Polite (masu)敗れます(やぶれます)
Negative (nai)敗れない(やぶれない)
polite (masen)敗れません(やぶれません)
classical zu / nu敗れず・敗れぬ(やぶれず・やぶれぬ)
Past (ta)敗れた(やぶれた)
polite (mashita)敗れました(やぶれました)
Past negative (nakatta)敗れなかった(やぶれなかった)
polite (masen deshita)敗れませんでした(やぶれませんでした)
Te form敗れて(やぶれて)
Potential敗れられる(やぶれられる)
Passive敗れられる(やぶれられる)
Causative敗れさせる(やぶれさせる)
Causative passive敗れさせられる(やぶれさせられる)
Conditional (ba)敗れれば(やぶれれば)
tara敗れたら(やぶれたら)
Volitional敗れよう(やぶれよう)
polite (mashou)敗れましょう(やぶれましょう)
Imperative敗れろ(やぶれろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym敗北はいぼくNeutralA noun for defeat, tending to appear in written reports; 「敗れる」 is the verb, centred on being beaten in a match or battle.
  • Synonym敗戦はいせんNeutralA noun for losing a war or a match, or a major failure, as in 「敗戦国」「試合に敗戦する」; 「敗れる」 is the verb for being defeated.
  • Synonym負けるまけるNeutralThe everyday verb for losing, much more common in speech than 「敗れる」; it also covers giving in to someone and giving a discount.
  • Antonym勝つかつNeutralTo win; the direct opposite of 「敗れる」, which describes being defeated.

For being beaten in a match, election or battle, 「敗れる」 is the written choice, as in 「決勝で敗れる」. In everyday speech say 「負ける」; use the noun 「敗北」 for defeat in reports and 「敗戦」 for losing a war. 「勝つ」 is the opposite.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. (敗やぶれる)勝負しょうぶで負まけること。
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