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負かす (まかす): to defeat — Japanese vocabulary

負かす is read まかす and means "to defeat". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

負かす

Reading
まかす · makasu
Translation
to defeat
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
まかすが

Example

私はチェスで彼を負かした。

わたしはチェスでかれをまかした。

I beat him at chess.

Kanji in this word

  • 負 — lose, carry

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