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失敗は成功の元

see styles
 shippaihaseikounomoto / shippaihasekonomoto
    しっぱいはせいこうのもと

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Failure is the Origin of Success
(expression) (idiom) failure teaches success; failure is a stepping-stone to success

失敗は成功の母

see styles
 shippaihaseikounohaha / shippaihasekonohaha
    しっぱいはせいこうのはは

More info & calligraphy:

Failure is the Mother of Success
(expression) (proverb) (See 失敗は成功のもと・しっぱいはせいこうのもと) failure is the mother of success

失敗是成功之母


失败是成功之母

see styles
shī bài shì chéng gōng zhī mǔ
    shi1 bai4 shi4 cheng2 gong1 zhi1 mu3
shih pai shih ch`eng kung chih mu
    shih pai shih cheng kung chih mu

More info & calligraphy:

Failure is the Mother of Success
Failure is the mother of success.

失敗は成功のもと

see styles
 shippaihaseikounomoto / shippaihasekonomoto
    しっぱいはせいこうのもと
(expression) (idiom) failure teaches success; failure is a stepping-stone to success

停電


停电

see styles
tíng diàn
    ting2 dian4
t`ing tien
    ting tien
 teiden / teden
    ていでん
to have a power failure; power cut
(n,vs,vi) power outage; power failure; power cut; blackout

失敗


失败

see styles
shī bài
    shi1 bai4
shih pai
 shippai
    しっぱい
to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat; CL:次[ci4]
(n,vs,vt,vi) failure; mistake; blunder

故障

see styles
gù zhàng
    gu4 zhang4
ku chang
 koshou / kosho
    こしょう
malfunction; breakdown; defect; shortcoming; fault; failure; impediment; error; bug (in software)
(n,vs,vi) (1) fault; trouble; breakdown; failure; being out of order; (noun, transitive verb) (2) damage (to a part of the body); injury; hurt; (3) problem; hitch; obstacle; hindrance; (4) objection; protest

see styles
chuī
    chui1
ch`ui
    chui
 fuki
    ふき
to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through
(surname) Fuki
To blow; puff, praise.

see styles
zhòu
    zhou4
chou
 ju
    じゅ
incantation; magic spell; curse; malediction; to revile; to put a curse on sb
(1) spell; curse; (2) (Buddhist term) dharani; mantra
dhāraṇī 陀羅尼; mantra; an incantation, spell, oath, curse; also a vow with penalties for failure. Mystical, or magical, formulae employed in Yoga. In Lamaism they consist of sets of Tibetan words connected with Sanskrit syllables. In a wider sense dhāraṇī is a treatise with mystical meaning, or explaining it.

see styles
shī
    shi1
shih
 shitsu
    しつ
to lose; to miss; to fail
(1) loss (of something); disadvantage; (2) mistake; error; failure; (3) flaw; defect; (4) (abbreviation) {baseb} (See 失策・2) error
To lose, opp. of 得; to err.

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    ku3
k`u
    ku
 ku
    く
bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly
(1) pain; anguish; suffering; distress; anxiety; worry; trouble; difficulty; hardship; (2) {Buddh} (See 八苦) duhkha (suffering)
duḥkha, 豆佉 bitterness; unhappiness, suffering, pain, distress, misery; difficulty. There are lists of two, three, four, five, eight, and ten categories; the two are internal, i. e. physical and mental, and external, i. e. attacks from without. The four are birth, growing old, illness, and death. The eight are these four along with the pain of parting from the loved, of meeting with the hated, of failure in one's aims, and that caused by the five skandhas; cf. 四諦.


see styles
jǐn
    jin3
chin
time of famine or crop failure

一失

see styles
 isshitsu
    いっしつ
a loss; a failure; a mistake; an error

三惑

see styles
sān huò
    san1 huo4
san huo
 sanwaku; sannaku
    さんわく; さんなく
{Buddh} three mental disturbances
A Tiantai classification of the three delusions, also styled 三煩惱; 三漏; 三垢; 三結; trials or temptations, leakages, uncleannesses, and bonds. The first of the following three is common to all disciples, the two last to bodhisattvas. They arise from (a) 見, 思, 惑 things seen and thought, i.e. illusions from imperfect perception, with temptation to love, hate, etc.; to be rid of these false views and temptations is the discipline and nirvāṇa of ascetic or Hīnayāna Buddhists. Mahāyāna proceeds further in and by its bodhisattva aims, which produce their own difficulties, i.e. (b) 塵沙惑 illusion and temptation through the immense variety of duties in saving men; and (c) 無明惑 illusions and temptations that arise from failure philosophically to understand things in their reality.

不作

see styles
bù zuò
    bu4 zuo4
pu tso
 fusaku
    ふさく
(1) poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; (2) low quality (e.g. of literary works); (personal name) Fusaku
does not do

不覚

see styles
 fukaku
    ふかく
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) failure; defeat; mistake; blunder; negligence; indiscretion; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) unconsciousness; (given name) Fukaku

不調


不调

see styles
bù tiáo
    bu4 tiao2
pu t`iao
    pu tiao
 fuchou / fucho
    ふちょう
(n,adj-no,adj-na) (1) bad condition; poor condition; disorder; slump; being out of form; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) failure; rupture; breakdown (e.g. of negotiations)
out of harmony

倒産

see styles
 tousan / tosan
    とうさん
(n,vs,vi) (corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business

全滅

see styles
 zenmetsu
    ぜんめつ
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) total destruction; complete destruction; annihilation; being wiped out; (n,vs,vi) (2) total defeat; complete failure

及落

see styles
 kyuuraku / kyuraku
    きゅうらく
success or failure (in examinations)

合否

see styles
 gouhi / gohi
    ごうひ
success or failure; result

吹臺


吹台

see styles
chuī tái
    chui1 tai2
ch`ui t`ai
    chui tai
(coll.) to fall through; to result in failure; (of a relationship) to break up

報憂


报忧

see styles
bào yōu
    bao4 you1
pao yu
to report bad news; to announce failure, shortcoming or disaster

外れ

see styles
 hazure(p); hazure
    はずれ(P); ハズレ
(1) (はずれ only) end; verge; extremity; tip; outskirts; (2) miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)

失体

see styles
 shittai
    しったい
mismanagement; fault; error; failure; disgrace; discredit

失儀


失仪

see styles
shī yí
    shi1 yi2
shih i
discourteous; failure of etiquette

失婚

see styles
shī hūn
    shi1 hun1
shih hun
to lose one's spouse (through marriage failure or bereavement)

失態


失态

see styles
shī tài
    shi1 tai4
shih t`ai
    shih tai
 shittai
    しったい
to forget one's manners; to forget oneself; to lose self-control (in a situation)
mismanagement; fault; error; failure; disgrace; discredit

失格

see styles
shī gé
    shi1 ge2
shih ko
 shikkaku
    しっかく
to overstep the rules; to go out of bounds; disqualification; to lose face; disqualified
(noun/participle) (1) disqualification; elimination; incapacity; (noun/participle) (2) being unfit for one's role; being a failure

失火

see styles
shī huǒ
    shi1 huo3
shih huo
 shikka
    しっか
to catch fire; to be on fire
(n,vs,vi) (1) accidental fire; fire caused by negligence; (n,vs,vi) (2) misfire; failure to ignite

失責


失责

see styles
shī zé
    shi1 ze2
shih tse
breach of responsibility; failure to carry out one's duty

失迎

see styles
shī yíng
    shi1 ying2
shih ying
failure to meet; (humble language) I'm sorry not to have come to meet you personally

得失

see styles
dé shī
    de2 shi1
te shih
 tokushitsu
    とくしつ
gains and losses; success and failure; merits and demerits
advantages and disadvantages; plus and minuses
gain and loss

復電

see styles
 fukuden
    ふくでん
restoration of power (e.g. after power failure)

惨敗

see styles
 zanpai(p); sanpai
    ざんぱい(P); さんぱい
(n,vs,vi) ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat

成否

see styles
 seihi / sehi
    せいひ
success or failure; outcome; result

成敗


成败

see styles
chéng bài
    cheng2 bai4
ch`eng pai
    cheng pai
 seibai / sebai
    せいばい
success or failure
(noun, transitive verb) punishment; judgement; judgment
success and failure

挫折

see styles
cuò zhé
    cuo4 zhe2
ts`o che
    tso che
 zasetsu
    ざせつ
setback; reverse; check; defeat; frustration; disappointment; to frustrate; to discourage; to set sb back; to blunt; to subdue
(n,vs,vi) setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement

挫敗


挫败

see styles
cuò bài
    cuo4 bai4
ts`o pai
    tso pai
to thwart; to foil (sb's plans); a setback; a failure; a defeat

損じ

see styles
 sonji
    そんじ
slip; error; failure

斷電


断电

see styles
duàn diàn
    duan4 dian4
tuan tien
to experience a power outage; to have a power failure

槓龜


杠龟

see styles
gàng guī
    gang4 gui1
kang kuei
(Tw) to lose one's shirt (gambling); to meet with failure (from Taiwanese 摃龜, Tai-lo pr. [kòng-ku])

欠点

see styles
 ketten
    けってん
(1) (ant: 美点) fault; defect; flaw; weak point; weakness; shortcoming; drawback; (2) failure (in an examination); failing grade

欠礼

see styles
 ketsurei / ketsure
    けつれい
(noun, transitive verb) failure to pay one's compliments; omission of courtesy

歉收

see styles
qiàn shōu
    qian4 shou1
ch`ien shou
    chien shou
crop failure; poor harvest

死心

see styles
sǐ xīn
    si3 xin1
ssu hsin
to give up; to admit failure; to drop the matter; to reconcile oneself to loss; to have no more illusions about

殘局


残局

see styles
cán jú
    can2 ju2
ts`an chü
    tsan chü
endgame (in chess); desperate situation; aftermath (of a failure)

減退


减退

see styles
jiǎn tuì
    jian3 tui4
chien t`ui
    chien tui
 gentai
    げんたい
to ebb; to go down; to decline
(n,vs,vi) decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss

無乳

see styles
 munyuu / munyu
    むにゅう
(1) {med} agalactia; lactation failure; (2) (slang) flat chest; absence of breasts

無傷


无伤

see styles
wú shāng
    wu2 shang1
wu shang
 mukizu
    むきず
(adj-no,adj-na,n) (1) unhurt; uninjured; unwounded; unscathed; unharmed; (adj-no,adj-na,n) (2) flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; undamaged; perfect (condition); (adj-no,adj-na,n) (3) spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance); perfect (record); without failure; without defeat
unimpaired; unvitiated

犢子


犊子

see styles
dú zi
    du2 zi5
tu tzu
 Tokushi
calf
Vatsa, the founder of the犢子部, Vātsīputrīyas (Pali Vajjiputtakas), one of the main divisions of the Sarvāstivāda (Vaibhāṣika) school; they were considered schismatics through their insistence on the reality of the ego; "their failure in points of discipline," etc.; the vinaya as taught by this school "has never reached China". Eitel. For other forms of Vātsīputrīya, v. 跋私; also 婆 and 佛.

玩完

see styles
wán wán
    wan2 wan2
wan wan
(coll.) to end in failure; to come to grief; to bite the dust

破綻


破绽

see styles
pò zhàn
    po4 zhan4
p`o chan
    po chan
 hatan
    はたん
split seam; (fig.) flaw; weak point
(noun/participle) failure; bankruptcy

窮者


穷者

see styles
qióng zhě
    qiong2 zhe3
ch`iung che
    chiung che
 kyūsha
failure

窮達


穷达

see styles
qióng dá
    qiong2 da2
ch`iung ta
    chiung ta
 kyūdatsu
failure and success

糊塗


糊涂

see styles
hú tu
    hu2 tu5
hu t`u
    hu tu
 koto
    こと
muddled; silly; confused
(noun, transitive verb) patching up (e.g. a failure); covering up (e.g. a mistake); glossing over

絕產


绝产

see styles
jué chǎn
    jue2 chan3
chüeh ch`an
    chüeh chan
crop failure; property left with no-one to inherit; sterilization

落第

see styles
luò dì
    luo4 di4
lo ti
 rakudai
    らくだい
to fail an exam
(n,vs,vi) (1) (ant: 及第) failure (in an examination); failing to advance (to the next year); (n,vs,vi) (2) falling short of the standard; not making the grade

衝心

see styles
 shoushin / shoshin
    しょうしん
(noun/participle) (beriberi-caused) heart failure

衰竭

see styles
shuāi jié
    shuai1 jie2
shuai chieh
organ failure; exhaustion; prostration (medicine)

複電

see styles
 fukuden
    ふくでん
(irregular kanji usage) restoration of power (e.g. after power failure)

覆轍


覆辙

see styles
fù zhé
    fu4 zhe2
fu che
the tracks of a cart that overturned; (fig.) a path that led to failure in the past

跟斗

see styles
gēn dou
    gen1 dou5
ken tou
somersault; fall; tumble; (fig.) setback; failure

蹉跌

see styles
cuō dié
    cuo1 die2
ts`o tieh
    tso tieh
 satetsu
    さてつ
(n,vs,vi) failure; stumbling; setback
to fall down

躓き

see styles
 tsumazuki
    つまずき
(1) (kana only) stumbling; (2) (kana only) failure; misstep; setback

転び

see styles
 korobi
    ころび
(1) falling (down); tumbling (down); falling to the ground; (2) failure; failing; (3) renouncing Christianity and converting to Buddhism (during the Edo period); apostasy; (4) batter (construction technique)

違作

see styles
 isaku
    いさく
smaller harvest than expected; poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure

飢饉


饥馑

see styles
jī jǐn
    ji1 jin3
chi chin
 kikin
    ききん
famine; drought; shortage; crop failure
famine

饑荒


饥荒

see styles
jī huāng
    ji1 huang1
chi huang
crop failure; famine; debt; difficulty

饑饉

see styles
 kikin
    ききん
famine; drought; shortage; crop failure

黒星

see styles
 kuroboshi
    くろぼし
(1) black spot; black dot; bull's-eye; (2) {sumo} (See 負け星・まけぼし) mark indicating a defeat; (3) loss; failure; mistake; faux pas; (surname) Kuroboshi

齟齬


龃龉

see styles
jǔ yǔ
    ju3 yu3
chü yü
 sogo
    そご
(literary) (of teeth) to be misaligned; (fig.) in disagreement; at odds
(noun/participle) inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure; frustration

三七開


三七开

see styles
sān qī kāi
    san1 qi1 kai1
san ch`i k`ai
    san chi kai
ratio seventy to thirty; thirty percent failure, seventy percent success

不仕末

see styles
 fushimatsu
    ふしまつ
(irregular kanji usage) (noun or adjectival noun) (1) omission; failure; incompleteness; (2) irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct; malpractice; carelessness; wastefulness; extravagance

不具合

see styles
 fuguai
    ふぐあい
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) flaw; defect; problem; bug; malfunction; failure; discrepancy; (adjectival noun) (2) inconvenient

不合格

see styles
 fugoukaku / fugokaku
    ふごうかく
(examination) failure; rejection; disqualification

不始末

see styles
 fushimatsu
    ふしまつ
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) omission; failure; incompleteness; (2) irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct; malpractice; carelessness; wastefulness; extravagance

不当り

see styles
 fuatari
    ふあたり
failure; unpopularity

不成功

see styles
 fuseikou / fuseko
    ふせいこう
(adj-na,adj-no,n) failure; abortive (attempt, action)

不成立

see styles
bù chéng lì
    bu4 cheng2 li4
pu ch`eng li
    pu cheng li
 fuseiritsu / fuseritsu
    ふせいりつ
failure (e.g. of a bill, motion); falling through; rejection; miscarriage
not complete

不成績

see styles
 fuseiseki / fuseseki
    ふせいせき
(noun or adjectival noun) poor result; bad record; failure

不結果


不结果

see styles
bù jié guǒ
    bu4 jie2 guo3
pu chieh kuo
 fukekka
    ふけっか
fruitless
(noun or adjectival noun) failure; poor results

不義理

see styles
 fugiri
    ふぎり
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) neglect of one's social obligations; failure to perform one's social duties; dishonor; dishonour; injustice; ingratitude; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) failure to pay back one's debt

不首尾

see styles
 fushubi
    ふしゅび
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) (ant: 上首尾) failure; poor result; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) disfavour; disfavor; unpopularity

二の舞

see styles
 ninomai
    にのまい
... all over again (repeating the same failure)

倒栽蔥


倒栽葱

see styles
dào zāi cōng
    dao4 zai1 cong1
tao tsai ts`ung
    tao tsai tsung
to fall headlong; (fig.) to suffer an ignominious failure

大コケ

see styles
 ookoke
    おおコケ
(n,vs,vi) (colloquialism) (See こける・2) flop (e.g. movie); total failure; box office bomb

大外れ

see styles
 oohazure
    おおはずれ
utter failure; gross mistake; wrong guess

大失敗

see styles
 daishippai
    だいしっぱい
(n,vs,vt,vi) complete failure; debacle; fiasco; disaster

失敗作

see styles
 shippaisaku
    しっぱいさく
failure (i.e. an unsuccessful work); flop; dud; bomb

失敗例

see styles
 shippairei / shippaire
    しっぱいれい
(instance of) failure; example of failure

失敗学

see styles
 shippaigaku
    しっぱいがく
(science of) failure analysis

失敗率

see styles
 shippairitsu
    しっぱいりつ
rate of failure

失敗者


失败者

see styles
shī bài zhě
    shi1 bai4 zhe3
shih pai che
 shippaisha
    しっぱいしゃ
loser
(ant: 成功者) loser; failure

失敗談

see styles
 shippaidan
    しっぱいだん
failure story; horror story

心不全

see styles
 shinfuzen
    しんふぜん
{med} heart failure

挫折感

see styles
cuò zhé gǎn
    cuo4 zhe2 gan3
ts`o che kan
    tso che kan
 zasetsukan
    ざせつかん
frustration
feeling of frustration; sense of failure

故障率

see styles
 koshouritsu / koshoritsu
    こしょうりつ
failure rate

桜散る

see styles
 sakurachiru
    さくらちる
(expression) (1) (idiom) exam failure; (2) cherry blossom blooming; cherry blossom falling

残念会

see styles
 zannenkai
    ざんねんかい
consolation party (held after failure or defeat)

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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