JLPT N1 · Noun / suru verb

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

  1. losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown · noun, suru verb, intransitive

Example sentences

彼は放漫だったので失脚した。
He lost his job through his irresponsibility.

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.

FormJapaneseReading
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.

Source: JMdict entry 1319850 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.