| failing | (n) a flaw or weak point, Syn. weakness, Example: he was quick to point out his wife's failings |
| failing | (n) failure to reach a minimum required performance, Syn. flunk, Ant. passing, Example: his failing the course led to his disqualification; he got two flunks on his report |
| failing | (adj) below acceptable in performance, Example: received failing grades |
| unfailing | (adj) always able to supply more, Example: an unfailing source of good stories; a subject of unfailing interest |
| unfailing | (adj) unceasing, Syn. unflagging, Example: unfailing loyalty; unfailing good spirits; unflagging courtesy |
| unfailingly | (adv) without fail |
| foolproof | (adj) not liable to failure, Syn. unfailing, Example: a foolproof identification system; the unfailing sign of an amateur; an unfailing test |
| 不可 | [ふか, fuka] (n, n-suf) (1) wrong; bad; improper; unjustifiable; inadvisable; (n) (2) failing grade; (P) #5,673 [Add to Longdo] |
| 溢れ | [あぶれ, abure] (n) failing to get a job #17,156 [Add to Longdo] |
| ご無沙汰(P);御無沙汰(P);ご不沙汰;御不沙汰 | [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) [Add to Longdo] |
| ギリギリセーフ;ぎりぎりセーフ | [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 [Add to Longdo] |
| ギリセーフ | [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 [Add to Longdo] |
| ダブる | [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 [Add to Longdo] |
| 医者の不養生 | [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 [Add to Longdo] |
| 一浪 | [いちろう, ichirou] (n, vs) failing college entrance exams and retaking them a year later [Add to Longdo] |
| 掛け捨て | [かけすて;かけずて, kakesute ; kakezute] (n) failing to honor (honour) an installment payment (instalment) [Add to Longdo] |
| 掛け声倒れ | [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 [Add to Longdo] |
| 義理が悪い | [ぎりがわるい, girigawarui] (exp, adj-i) failing in one's duty (e.g. to someone) [Add to Longdo] |
| 健康不安 | [けんこうふあん, kenkoufuan] (n) poor health; failing health [Add to Longdo] |
| 見違い | [みちがい, michigai] (n) failing to recognize; failing to recognise; mistaking for [Add to Longdo] |
| 現役合格 | [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)) [Add to Longdo] |
| 言行齟齬 | [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 [Add to Longdo] |
| 士族の商法 | [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) [Add to Longdo] |
| 七生報国 | [しちしょうほうこく, shichishouhoukoku] (n) unfailing devotion to one's country [Add to Longdo] |
| 弱み(P);弱味 | [よわみ, yowami] (n) (a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 青立ち | [あおだち, aodachi] (n) failing to ripen or blossom [Add to Longdo] |
| 赤点 | [あかてん, akaten] (n) (See 落第点) failing mark (e.g. in exam) [Add to Longdo] |
| 津々;津津 | [しんしん, shinshin] (adj-t, adv-to) (See 興味津々) gushing; overflowing; everlasting; unfailing; endless [Add to Longdo] |
| 復活当選 | [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 [Add to Longdo] |
| 聞き落し | [ききおとし, kikiotoshi] (n) mishearing; failing to catch (something said) [Add to Longdo] |
| 本末転倒;本末顛倒 | [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 [Add to Longdo] |
| 未届け | [みとどけ, mitodoke] (n) failing to report; unreported; not officially registered (e.g. spouse) [Add to Longdo] |
| 無沙汰;不沙汰 | [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 [Add to Longdo] |
| 名前負け | [なまえまけ, namaemake] (n, vs) failing to live up to one's name; being beaten by one's name [Add to Longdo] |
| 落球 | [らっきゅう, rakkyuu] (n, vs) failing to catch a ball; fumble [Add to Longdo] |
| 落第点 | [らくだいてん, rakudaiten] (n) failing grade [Add to Longdo] |
