根負け

Reading

Kana: こんまけ

Romaji: konmake

Definition

noun

vs

1

being beaten down by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience

Kanji

根

Readings: コン、 ね、 -ね

Meanings: root, radical, head (pimple)

負

Readings: フ、 ま.ける、 ま.かす、 お.う

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

Example Sentence

ホントしつこいなぁ、しのぶさん。なんか根負(こんま)けしそう。

➥Shinobu is really persistent. It seems that I am beaten.