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失脚 (しっきゃく): losing one's standing, being overthrown, falling — Japanese vocabulary

失脚 is read しっきゃく and means "losing one's standing, being overthrown, falling". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

失脚

Reading
しっきゃく · shikkyaku
Translation
losing one's standing, being overthrown, falling
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
しっきゃくが

Example

彼は放漫だったので失脚した。

かれはほうまんだったのでしっきゃくした。

He lost his job through his irresponsibility.

Kanji in this word

  • 失 — lose, fail
  • 脚 — leg, foot

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