[ふか, fuka] (n, n-suf) (1) wrong; bad; improper; unjustifiable; inadvisable; (n) (2) failing grade; (P) #5673
[あぶれ, abure] (n) failing to get a job #17156
[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)
[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
[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
[いしゃのふようじょう, ishanofuyoujou] (exp) failing to practice what one preaches; physician, heal thyself; doctors often neglect their own health
[いちろう, ichirou] (n, vs) failing college entrance exams and retaking them a year later
[かけすて;かけずて, kakesute ; kakezute] (n) failing to honor (honour) an installment payment (instalment)
[かけごえだおれ, kakegoedaore] (n) starting with vigor but ending with no action; raising one's voice (in a call to action) and then failing to take action
[ぎりがわるい, girigawarui] (exp, adj-i) failing in one's duty (e.g. to someone)
[けんこうふあん, kenkoufuan] (n) poor health; failing health
[みちがい, michigai] (n) failing to recognize; failing to recognise; mistaking for
[げんえきごうかく, gen'ekigoukaku] (n) passing university entrance exams in the last year of high school (instead of failing then taking gap year(s))
[げんこうそご, genkousogo] (n) inconsistency of speech and action; failing to act up to one's words; not practicing what one preaches
[しぞくのしょうほう, shizokunoshouhou] (exp) (See 士族) amateurish and haughty way of doing business; venturing into an unfamiliar line of business (and often failing)
[しちしょうほうこく, shichishouhoukoku] (n) unfailing devotion to one's country
[よわみ, yowami] (n) (a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point; (P)
[あおだち, aodachi] (n) failing to ripen or blossom
[あかてん, akaten] (n) (See 落第点) failing mark (e.g. in exam)
[しんしん, shinshin] (adj-t, adv-to) (See 興味津々) gushing; overflowing; everlasting; unfailing; endless
[ふっかつとうせん, fukkatsutousen] (n, vs) failing to win an electoral seat in a single-member constituency, but winning a seat in a proportionally represented constituency
[ききおとし, kikiotoshi] (n) mishearing; failing to catch (something said)
[ほんまつてんとう, honmatsutentou] (n, vs, adj-no) failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
[みとどけ, mitodoke] (n) failing to report; unreported; not officially registered (e.g. spouse)
[ぶさた, busata] (n) not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting to write (call, visit, etc.); failing to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
[なまえまけ, namaemake] (n, vs) failing to live up to one's name; being beaten by one's name
[らっきゅう, rakkyuu] (n, vs) failing to catch a ball; fumble
[らくだいてん, rakudaiten] (n) failing grade