N12297/3019

しくじる

godan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)intransitive verb

Meanings

  • to fail, to blunder, to mess up, to screw up
  • to be dismissed, to be fired

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Example sentences

大事だいじ試験しけんしくじってしまい、んでいる。

I messed up an important exam and I'm feeling depressed.

かれ交渉こうしょうしくじったせいで、会社かいしゃ多大ただい損害そんがいあたえた。

Because he blundered in the negotiations, he caused enormous damage to the company.

ここでしくじると、二度にどとチャンスはまわってこないだろう。

If you screw up here, you probably won't get another chance.

肝心かんじん場面ばめんしくじらないよう、入念にゅうねん準備じゅんびかさねた。

I prepared meticulously so as not to blunder at the critical moment.

かつて一世いっせい風靡ふうびした実業家じつぎょうかも、晩年ばんねんには事業じぎょうしくじり無一文むいちもんになったとつたえられている。

It is said that even the businessman who once took the world by storm ended up failing in his ventures in his later years and became penniless.