負け

Japanese
Kanji in this term
負
ま
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 負(ま)ける (makeru).

Pronunciation

Noun

負(ま)け • (make) 

  1. defeat
    働(はたら)いたら負(ま)け
    hataraitara make
    if I work, I lose (lit. "my loss") (Internet meme)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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