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October 26, 2017

根負け Beat & Worn Out

根負け (こんま  )

beat and worn out

根負け

kon make
beat and worn out

根 kon root
負 make(ru) to lose, defeat, to bear (a burden)

大根 dai kon - Japanese radish [B]
屋根 ya ne - roof, housetop [B]
勝負 shou bu - match, game, contest [I]
負んぶ on bu - carrying someone on one's back (piggy back ridding | usually written in hiragana) [onbu shite. - give me a piggy-back-ride!] [I]

Perceiving the order of things to be in reverse, the victor joyously danced before humbled.

SUGGESTED USAGE:

ゴジラは(くま)のプーさんの熱心(ねっしん)さに根負(こんま)した。

gojira wa kuma no pu- san no nesshin sa ni konmake shita.
Godzilla, perceiving Winnie the Poohs unbounded courage, admitted defeat.

  • ゴジラ gojira - Godzilla [The Japanese gojira comes from gorira (gorilla) and kujira (whale)]
  • 熊のプーさん kuma no pu-san - Winnie the Pooh
  • の no - possessive particle
  • 熱心さ nesshin sa - level of earnestness
  • に ni - particle showing the nesshinsa caused the defeat

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