負け惜しみ (まけおしみ) — being a poor loser, unwillingness to admit defeat, sour grapes | Kakuso

Vocabulary

Meaning

being a poor loser unwillingness to admit defeat and sour grapes

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負け惜しみ

being a poor loser, unwillingness to admit defeat, sour grapes

まけおしみ

負

defeat, negative, -...

ま.ける, ま.かす, フ

⺈

貝

目

eye, class, look...

め, -め, モク

八

eight, eight radical (no. 12)

や, や.つ, ハチ

惜

pity, be sparing of, frugal...

お.しい, お.しむ, セキ

忄

( 心 ) heart, standing heart radical variant (no. 61)

こころ, シン

昔

once upon a time, antiquity, old times

むかし, セキ, シャク

龷

卄

一

one, one radical (no.1)

ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

日

day, sun, Japan...

ひ, -び, ニチ

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