noun, takes する, intransitive verb

  1. regrettable defeat, defeat by a narrow margin.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
惜敗 せきはい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

pity, be sparing of, frugal
お.しい セキ (8th, N1)
heart, standing heart radical variant (no. 61)
シン こころ
once upon a time, antiquity, old times
むかし セキ シャク (3rd, N3)
twenty(廿) variant
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
failure, defeat, reversal
ハイ やぶ.れる (4th, N3)
shellfish
かい バイ (1st, N2)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
strike, hit, folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
person(人) variant
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)