Entry
  1. Noun

    being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes

    日本の市場が閉鎖的だという非難は、負け惜しみにすぎません。
    Criticisms that Japan's market is closed are just sour grapes.
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility

Kun
ま.けるま.かすお.う
On
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
443 of 2500
Radical
shell
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-2-7, 2-7-2SKIP code
2n7.1The Kanji Dictionary
2780.6Four corner code
2561deroo
8ca0Unicode hex code
1-41-73JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4488Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5769New Nelson (John Haig)
2091New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2594Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1327Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1799Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
63Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
67Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
473A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
981Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
503Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
36660XMorohashi
383A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
510Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
519Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
312sakade
918Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
406henshall3
346Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
717Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1722Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
63Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fu4Pinyin reading
buKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

pity, be sparing of, frugal, stingy, regret

Kun
お.しいお.しむ
On
セキ
Strokes
11
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1641 of 2500
Radical
heart
WaniKani
Level 55

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-3-8SKIP code
4k8.11The Kanji Dictionary
9406.1Four corner code
1178deroo
60dcUnicode hex code
1-32-43JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1712Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1894New Nelson (John Haig)
484New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
586Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
355Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
442Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1187Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1271Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1542A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1024Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
10814Morohashi
1484A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
765Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
779Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1303Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1434Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1455Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
820Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1195Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xi1, xi2Pinyin reading
seogKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
55WaniKani level