[かならず, kanarazu] (adv) always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively; invariably; (P) #564
[しっぱい, shippai] (n, adj-no, vs) failure; mistake; blunder; (P) #2180
[ぜひ, zehi] (adv, n) (1) (uk) certainly; without fail; (2) right and wrong; pros and cons; (P) #2212
[misu] (n, vs) (1) (abbr. of the English "mistake") (See エラー) mistake; error; failure; (n) (2) Miss; (3) myth; (P) #2422
[ふりょう, furyou] (adj-na, adj-no, n) badness; inferiority; delinquency; failure; defect; blemish; (P) #4862
[こしょう, koshou] (n, vs) break-down; failure; fault; accident; out of order; (P) #5419
[ふか, fuka] (n, n-suf) (1) wrong; bad; improper; unjustifiable; inadvisable; (n) (2) failing grade; (P) #5673
[はずれ, hazure] (n, suf) (1) end; verge; extremity; tip; outskirts; (2) miss; failure; (P) #6844
[はたん, hatan] (n, vs) failure; bankruptcy; (P) #8661
[とうさん, tousan] (n, vs) (corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business; (P) #9198
[ふぐあい, fuguai] (adj-na, n) (1) flaw; defect; bug; malfunction; failure; discrepancy; (2) inconvenient #9926
[おとす, otosu] (v5s, vt) (1) to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind; (2) to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose; to spend money at a certain place; to omit; to leave out; to secretly let escape; (3) to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to fail (a course); to defeat (in an election); (4) to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice); to lessen (e.g. production or body weight); to worsen (quality); to reduce (e.g. rank or popularity); to speak badly of; to make light of; to fall into straitened circumstances; (5) to fall into (e.g. a dilemma or sin); to make one's own; to have one's bid accepted; to force surrender; to take (e.g. an enemy camp or castle); to forcefully convince; to press for a confession; to deal with; (6) { comp } to download; to copy from a computer to another medium; (7) { MA } to make someone swoon (judo); (8) to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line); (9) to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting); (P) #10232
[おちる, ochiru] (v1, vi) (1) to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); to be used in a certain place (e.g. money); (2) to be omitted; to be missing; (3) to decrease; to sink; (4) to fail (e.g. exam or class); to lose (contest, election, etc.); (5) to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind; (6) to become indecent (of a conversation); (7) to be ruined; to go under; (8) (See 狐が落ちる・きつねがおちる) to fade; to come out (e.g. a stain); to come off (e.g. makeup); to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list); (9) to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession; (10) to fall (into a trap); to fall (for a trick); (11) to give in; to give up; to confess; to flee; (12) to fall; to be defeated; to surrender; (13) to come to (in the end); to end in; (14) (See 恋に落ちる・こいにおちる, 眠りに落ちる・ねむりにおちる) to fall (in love, asleep, etc.); (15) to swoon (judo); (16) (See 腑に落ちない・ふにおちない) to consent; to understand; (17) { comp } to crash; to freeze; (18) (of animals) to die; (19) (of fish when it gets cold) to move to the depths; (P) #11304
[あえて, aete] (adv) (uk) dare (to do something); venture (often overcoming reluctance, or in the face of probable failure); take upon oneself; challenge; presume; (there is no) need to; (don't) go as far as; definitely (not); (P) #11957
[ききん, kikin] (n) famine; drought; shortage; crop failure; (P) #16051
[ていでん, teiden] (n, vs) power outage; electricity outage; blackout; failure of electricity supply; (P) #16504
[あぶれ, abure] (n) failing to get a job #17156
[しんふぜん, shinfuzen] (n) heart failure; (P) #19122
[あぶれる, abureru] (v1, vi) (1) (uk) to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.); (2) (uk) to be left out; to be crowded out #19363
[かぶる(P);かむる, kaburu (P); kamuru] (v5r, vt) (1) to put on (one's head); to wear; to have on; to pull over (one's head); to crown (oneself); (2) to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to dash on oneself; to ship water; (3) to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to assume (responsibility); to shoulder (burden); (4) to overlap (e.g. sound or color); (5) to be similar; to be redundant; (v5r, vi) (6) (of film) to be fogged (due to overexposure, etc.); (7) (of a play, etc.) to close; to come to an end; (8) (of a play, etc.) to get a full house; to sell out; (9) (arch) (of a play, etc.) (See 毛氈を被る・1) to blunder; to bungle; to fail; (10) (arch) to be deceived; (P) #19775
[うっけつせいしんふぜん, ukketsuseishinfuzen] (n) congestive heart failure; CHF
[おるすになる, orusuninaru] (exp, v5r) to fail to be attentive to
[kicchiri] (adv, vs) (1) punctually; on the dot; precisely; (2) closely; tightly; (fits) like a glove; (3) without fail; (P)
[ごぶさた, gobusata] (n, vs) (See 無沙汰) not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence; (P)
[shikujiru] (v5r, vi) to fail; to fall through; to blunder; (P)
[せんだんはかい, sendanhakai] (n) shear failure
[sobireru] (v1, vi) to miss a chance; to fail to do
[それみたことか, soremitakotoka] (exp) You see that? (used when someone ignores your advice and ultimately fails at something)
[それみろ, soremiro] (exp) Well, look at that... (used when someone ignores your advice and ultimately fails at something)
[それごらん, soregoran] (exp) (obsc) (See それ見たことか) Well, look at that... (used when someone ignores your advice and ultimately fails at something)
[hetakoita] (exp) (sl) (See 失敗) failed
[アクセスしっぱいりつ, akusesu shippairitsu] (n) { comp } failure rate
[エンジンこしょう, enjin koshou] (n) engine failure
[girigirise-fu ; girigiri se-fu] (exp) (See ぎりぎり, セーフ) just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); just (barely) OK
[girise-fu] (exp) (col) (abbr) (See ぎりぎりセーフ) just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); just (barely) OK
[shiku ru ; shikuru] (v5r) (sl) to fail; to stuff up
[ショックし, shokku shi] (n, vs) death due to shock (triggered by blood loss, heart failure or other causes)
[ゾンビかいしゃ, zonbi kaisha] (exp) zombie businesses (firms that would have failed but for government intervention)
[dabu ru] (v5r, vi) to coincide (fall on the same day); to have two of something; to overlap; to duplicate; to appear doubled; to repeat a school year after failing
[ダメにんげん(ダメ人間);だめにんげん(駄目人間), dame ningen ( dame ningen ); dameningen ( dame ningen )] (n) useless member of society; hopeless case; failure
[doji ru ; dojiru] (v5r) (See ドジ) to fail; to mess up; to bungle; to screw the pooch
[battamon] (n) merchandise obtained by buying out the inventories of failed retailers instead of going through normal wholesale channels
[fe-ruse-fu] (n) failsafe
[フェールセーフどうさ, fe-ruse-fu dousa] (n) { comp } failsafe operation
[fe-rusofuto] (n) { comp } failsoft
[feiruse-fu] (n) fail-safe