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What does 失敗 (しっぱい, shippai) mean?

失敗 (しっぱい, shippai) means failure, mistake.

Quick facts
Readingしっぱい
Romajishippai
Part of speechnoun, suru verb, transitive
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N4
しっぱい
N4 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonshippai

failure, mistake

  1. 1noun · suru verb · transitive failure; mistake; blunder

Example sentences

  • It's okay even if you fail.

  • I ended up messing up the cooking.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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