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失敗

しっぱい

failure, blunder

Mnemonic

The same 失 that drops the manners in 失礼します, and money with a hand striking at it. You lost hold and it cost something and everybody saw. Ship しっ, pie ぱい, all over the floor: しっぱい.

Worth knowing

失敗する is to fail or to make a mistake. 成功 せいこう is succeeding.

Built from

lose
A hand with something slipping out of it.
defeat
貝 shell, money + 攵 strike

Words sharing these kanji

pardon me, excuse me (e.g. when leaving) to lose, to miss

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