I Love Kanji負ける (makeru)
負ける (まける, makeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to lose; to be defeated”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- まける
- Romaji
- makeru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to lose; to be defeated; to be beaten · ichidan verb, intransitive · occ. written as 敗ける
- to give in (to); to yield; to succumb; to give way; to surrender · ichidan verb, intransitive
- to be inferior (to); to be second (to); to be outdone (by) · ichidan verb, intransitive
- to get a rash (from); to come out in a rash · ichidan verb, intransitive
- to reduce the price; to give a discount; to throw in (something extra) for free · ichidan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 負ける
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 負ける | まける makeru |
| Polite (~masu) | 負けます | まけます makemasu |
| Negative | 負けない | まけない makenai |
| Polite negative | 負けません | まけません makemasen |
| Past | 負けた | まけた maketa |
| Polite past | 負けました | まけました makemashita |
| Negative past | 負けなかった | まけなかった makenakatta |
| Te-form | 負けて | まけて makete |
| Potential | 負けられる | まけられる makerareru |
| Passive | 負けられる | まけられる makerareru |
| Causative | 負けさせる | まけさせる makesaseru |
| Volitional | 負けよう | まけよう makeyou |
| Imperative | 負けろ | まけろ makero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 負ければ | まければ makereba |
Kanji in 負ける
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 負ける.
負うおうto carry on one's back負けまけdefeat勝負しょうぶvictory or defeat背負うせおうto carry on one's back負債ふさいdebt負傷ふしょうinjury負担ふたんburden負かすまかすto defeat
Source: JMdict entry 1497980 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.