根負け – vocab dash

根こん負まけ

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Meanings

Noun

Suru verb

Intransitive verb

1. being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)

Kanji used

根root 負lose to (something)

Pitch accent

こんまけ

Composed of

根こん

stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; persistence; radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily); root; indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)

Noun

負まけ

defeat; loss; losing (a game); failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)

Noun

Examples1

ホントしつこいなぁ、しのぶさん。なんか根こん負まけしそう。

Shinobu is really persistent. It seems that I am beaten.