noun, takes する, intransitive verb

  1. defeat, loss, reverse, setback.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
敗北 はいぼく

Contained Kanji Breakdown

failure, defeat, reversal
ハイ やぶ.れる (4th, N3)
shellfish
かい バイ (1st, N2)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
strike, hit, folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
person(人) variant
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)
north
ホク きた ほっ (2nd, N5)
spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
ヒ さじ (Kentei 1)