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失望 (しつぼう): disappointment, despair — Japanese vocabulary

失望 is read しつぼう and means "disappointment, despair". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

失望

Reading
しつぼう · shitsubou
Translation
disappointment, despair
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
しつぼうが

Example

彼は少しも失望の色を見せなかった。

かれはすこしもしつぼうのいろをみせなかった。

He didn't show his disappointment.

Kanji in this word

  • 失 — lose, fail
  • 望 — hope, desire

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