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しくじる (shikujiru)

to fail, to fall through, to blunder

  • JLPT N1
  • Godan verb
  • Pitch 3
  • #20382 most frequent

Meaning

しくじる (shikujiru) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “to fail, to fall through, to blunder”.

Example sentences 10

彼かれは仕事しごとにしくじった

He messed up at work.

今回こんかいはしくじれないぞ。

You cannot fail this time.

彼かれは試験しけんでしくじった。

He failed in the examination.

彼は酒さけでしくじるだろう.

Drink will be the ruin of him.

Conjugation table

しくじる is a godan verb (u-verb). Every major form with romaji:

FormJapaneseRomaji
Dictionaryしくじるshikujiru
Negativeしくじらないshikujiranai
Pastしくじったshikujitta
Past negativeしくじらなかったshikujiranakatta
Polite (ます)しくじりますshikujirimasu
Polite negativeしくじりませんshikujirimasen
Polite pastしくじりましたshikujirimashita
Polite past negativeしくじりませんでしたshikujirimasendeshita
Te-formしくじってshikujitte
Conditional (ば)しくじればshikujireba
Conditional (たら)しくじったらshikujittara
Potentialしくじれるshikujireru
Passiveしくじられるshikujirareru
Causativeしくじらせるshikujiraseru
Causative-passiveしくじらせられるshikujiraserareru
Volitionalしくじろうshikujirou
Volitional politeしくじりましょうshikujirimashou
Imperativeしくじれshikujire
Desire (たい)しくじりたいshikujiritai

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