負ける (まける): to lose (a game) (v.i.), to be defeated — Japanese vocabulary
負ける is read まける and means "to lose (a game) (v.i.), to be defeated". JLPT N4 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
負ける
- Reading
- まける · makeru
- Translation
- to lose (a game) (v.i.), to be defeated
- Level
- JLPT N4
- Pitch accent
- まけるが
Example
昨日の試合に負けました。
きのうのしあいにまけました。
We lost yesterday's game.
Kanji in this word
- 負 — lose, carry
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