| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 失敗 | しっぱい | failure, mistake, blunder |
| 勝敗 | しょうはい | victory or defeat, issue (of battle) |
| 一敗 | いっぱい | one defeat |
| 失敗の虞 | しっぱいのおそれ | risk of failure |
| 完敗 | かんぱい | complete defeat, utter defeat, annihilation |
| 惜敗 | せきはい | regrettable defeat, defeat by a narrow margin |
| 惨敗 | さんぱい, ざんぱい | ignominious defeat, crushing failure, utterly beaten, overwhelming defeat |
| 敗北 | はいぼく | defeat; to be defeated |
| 敗因 | はいいん | cause of defeat |
| 敗戦 | はいせん | defeat, losing a war |
| 敗者 | はいしゃ | the defeated, vanquished, loser |
| 敗訴 | はいそ | loss of a court-case |
| 腐敗 | ふはい | decay, depravity |
| 連敗 | れんぱい | consecutive defeats, series of defeats |
| 零敗 | れいはい | going undefeated, losing without scoring a point, whitewash, being shut out |