I Love Kanji失脚 (shikkyaku)
失脚 (しっきゃく, shikkyaku) is a Japanese noun / suru verb meaning “losing one's position; losing one's standing”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- しっきゃく
- Romaji
- shikkyaku
- Word class
- Noun + する (suru verb)
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown · noun, suru verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 失脚
Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 失脚する | しっきゃくする shikkyakusuru |
| Polite (~masu) | 失脚します | しっきゃくします shikkyakushimasu |
| Negative | 失脚しない | しっきゃくしない shikkyakushinai |
| Polite negative | 失脚しません | しっきゃくしません shikkyakushimasen |
| Past | 失脚した | しっきゃくした shikkyakushita |
| Polite past | 失脚しました | しっきゃくしました shikkyakushimashita |
| Negative past | 失脚しなかった | しっきゃくしなかった shikkyakushinakatta |
| Te-form | 失脚して | しっきゃくして shikkyakushite |
| Potential | 失脚できる | しっきゃくできる shikkyakudekiru |
| Passive | 失脚される | しっきゃくされる shikkyakusareru |
| Causative | 失脚させる | しっきゃくさせる shikkyakusaseru |
| Volitional | 失脚しよう | しっきゃくしよう shikkyakushiyou |
| Imperative | 失脚しろ | しっきゃくしろ shikkyakushiro |
| Conditional (~ba) | 失脚すれば | しっきゃくすれば shikkyakusureba |
Kanji in 失脚
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 失脚.
失礼しつれいdiscourtesy失敗しっぱいfailure失業しつぎょうunemployment失望しつぼうdisappointment失ううしなうto lose過失かしつaccident (caused by negligence)失恋しつれんdisappointed love損失そんしつloss (of assets, profit, etc.)失格しっかくdisqualification紛失ふんしつloss失調しっちょうlack of harmony脚色きゃくしょくdramatization (e.g. of a novel)脚本きゃくほんscript
Source: JMdict entry 1319850 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.