敗退

Reading

Kana: はいたい

Romaji: haitai

Definition

noun

vs

1

being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)

Kanji

敗

Readings: ハイ、 やぶ.れる

Meanings: failure, defeat, reversal

退

Readings: タイ、 しりぞ.く、 しりぞ.ける、 ひ.く、 の.く、 の.ける、 ど.く

Meanings: retreat, withdraw, retire, resign, repel, expel, reject

Example Sentence

ヒンギスが一(いち)回戦(かいせん)敗退(はいたい)の大(だい)番狂(ばんくる)わせ。

➥It was a big upset when Hingis was eliminated in the first round.