失敗

しっぱい · shippai · JLPT N4 · noun

mistake

💔 失敗 = lose (失) + be defeated (敗)

失 means to lose or miss; 敗 means to be defeated, as in 敗北 (defeat). Lose plus defeat gives failure. Sound hook: shippai sounds like ship-pie, a pie that sank with the ship: a failed delivery.

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