負ける
まける
to lose (a game) (v.i.), to be defeated
Ichidan verbJLPT N4
Example Sentences
We lost the soccer game.
This team is strong, so we won’t lose.
I lost to my older brother in a game yesterday.
Grammar Notes & Usage Tips
•Use に to show who or what you lost to—like in チームAに負けた (We lost to Team A).
•Don't use を after 負ける—since it's an intransitive verb, you don't "lose something," you "lose to someone."
•To say "I don’t want to lose," use 負けたくない (maketakunai)—just add たくない to the verb stem.
•JLPT N4 level
Common Phrases & Expressions
試合に負ける（しあいにまける）
to lose a game/match
勝ち負けにこだわらない（かちまけにこだわらない）
to not care about winning or losing
値段を負けてくれる（ねだんをまけてくれる）
to give a discount / to lower the price
Complete Conjugation Table
Basic Forms
Dictionary Form
負ける
Masu Form
負けます
Te Form
負けて
Past Form
負けた
Negative Form
負けない
Past Negative
負けなかった
Polite Forms
Polite Present
負けます
Polite Past
負けました
Polite Negative
負けません
Polite Past Negative
負けませんでした
Advanced Forms
Potential Form
負けられる
Passive Form
負けられる
Causative Form
負けさせる
Causative Passive
負けさせられる
Volitional Form
負けよう
Imperative Form
負けろ
Conditional Forms
Conditional (ば)
負ければ
Conditional (たら)
負けたら
Other Forms
Progressive Form
負けている
Desire (たい)
負けたい
Prohibition
負けるな