失望

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Chinese

to lose; to miss; to fail
hope; expect; to visit
hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards
 
trad. (失望) 失 望
simp. #(失望) 失 望

Pronunciation

Verb

失望

  1. to lose hope; to be disappointed
    你一定不會失望的。 [MSC, trad.]
    你一定不会失望的。 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ yīdìng bùhuì shīwàng de.
    You certainly won't be disappointed.

Synonyms

Adjective

失望

  1. disappointed

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
失 望
しつ
Grade: 4 		ぼう
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

失(しつ)望(ぼう) • (shitsubō) 

  1. disappointment
  2. despair

See also

Verb

失(しつ)望(ぼう)する • (shitsubō suru) intransitive suru (stem 失(しつ)望(ぼう)し (shitsubō shi), past 失(しつ)望(ぼう)した (shitsubō shita))

  1. be disappointed
  2. lose hope
    現政権(げんせいけん)には失望(しつぼう)した。
    Genseiken ni wa shitsubō shita.
    The current administration is hopeless.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "失望する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 失望し しつぼうし shitsubō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 失望し しつぼうし shitsubō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 失望する しつぼうする shitsubō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 失望する しつぼうする shitsubō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 失望すれ しつぼうすれ shitsubō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 失望せよ¹
失望しろ² 		しつぼうせよ¹
しつぼうしろ² 		shitsubō seyo¹
shitsubō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 失望される しつぼうされる shitsubō sareru
Causative 失望させる
失望さす 		しつぼうさせる
しつぼうさす 		shitsubō saseru
shitsubō sasu
Potential 失望できる しつぼうできる shitsubō dekiru
Volitional 失望しよう しつぼうしよう shitsubō shiyō
Negative 失望しない しつぼうしない shitsubō shinai
Negative continuative 失望せず しつぼうせず shitsubō sezu
Formal 失望します しつぼうします shitsubō shimasu
Perfective 失望した しつぼうした shitsubō shita
Conjunctive 失望して しつぼうして shitsubō shite
Hypothetical conditional 失望すれば しつぼうすれば shitsubō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
失望

Noun

失望 • (silmang) (hangeul 실망)

  1. hanja form? of 실망 (“disappointment; letdown”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
失望

Noun

失望

  1. chữ Hán form of thất vọng (“disappointment”).

Adjective

失望

  1. chữ Hán form of thất vọng (“disappointed”).
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