自棄やけ (yake)

desperation

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Meaning

自棄 (やけ, yake) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “desperation”.

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Example sentences 12

かれ事業じぎょう失敗しっぱいしてやけになっている

He failed in business and is suicidal.

自暴自棄な病。

Suicidal disease.

自暴自棄になるな。

Never surrender yourself to despair.

自暴自棄に陥ったようだ。

He seemed to have given himself up to despair.