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失格 (しっかく): disqualification, elimination, incapacity (legal) — Japanese vocabulary

失格 is read しっかく and means "disqualification, elimination, incapacity (legal)". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

失格

Reading
しっかく · shikkaku
Translation
disqualification, elimination, incapacity (legal)
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
しっかくが

Example

その語の綴りを間違って、彼はコンテストに失格した。

そのごのつづりをまちがって、かれはコンテストにしっかくした。

His misspelling of that word eliminated him from the contest.

Kanji in this word

  • 失 — lose, fail
  • 格 — rank, status

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