Japanese symbol for “flop”
フロップ
フロップ
Romaji: furoppu
flop; failure
In Japanese, flop is フロップ (furoppu).
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Meanings
- n flop; failure
- n flop (in Texas Hold'em poker) (cards)
Other Japanese words for “flop”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大コケ | おおコケ ookoke | flop (e.g. movie); total failure; box office bomb |
| ポシャる | ポシャる posharu | to fall through (of a plan, project, etc.); to fail; to flop |
| 転ける | こける kokeru | to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop |
| 出来損ない | できそこない dekisokonai | good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop |
| 倒れこむ | たおれこむ taorekomu | to collapse; to flop (onto) |
See also: Chinese symbol for “flop”.
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.