Japanese symbol for “debacle”
敗走
はいそう
Romaji: haisou
flight; rout; debacle
In Japanese, debacle is 敗走, read はいそう (haisou).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs flight; rout; debacle
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “debacle”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大失敗 | だいしっぱい daishippai | complete failure; debacle; fiasco |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 失敗 | しっぱい shippai | failure; mistake; blunder |
| 敗北 | はいぼく haiboku | defeat; loss; reverse |
| 腐敗 | ふはい fuhai | decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence |
| 敗戦 | はいせん haisen | defeat; lost battle; losing a war |
| 勝敗 | しょうはい shouhai | victory or defeat; outcome (of a game, battle, etc.) |
| 惨敗 | ざんぱい zanpai | ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten |
| 走る | はしる hashiru | to run |
| 逃走 | とうそう tousou | flight; desertion; escape |
See also: Chinese symbol for “debacle”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.