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The Japanese word

失敗

is pronounced
shippai | しっぱい
means
failure, fail
Examples:
万一失敗してもくじけるな。
manichi shippai shi te mo kujikeru na.
Don't get discouraged if you should fail.
僕の失敗を笑わないでくれ。
boku no shippai o warawa nai de kure.
Don't laugh at my failure.
万一失敗しても、落胆するな。
manichi shippai shi te mo, rakutan suru na.
If you should fail, don't lose heart.
彼女は密かに彼の失敗を笑った。
kanojo wa hisoka ni kare no shippai o waratta.
She laughed up her sleeve at his failure.
彼女は失敗を悪運のせいにした。
kanojo wa shippai o akūn no sei ni shi ta.
She ascribed her failure to bad luck. | She blamed her failure on bad luck.
万一失敗したらどうなるだろうか。
manichi shippai shi tara dō naru daro u ka.
What if we should fail?
万一失敗しても、またやってみます。
manichi shippai shi te mo, mata yatte mi masu.
If I should fail, I would try again.
万一失敗したら、またやってみよう。
manichi shippai shi tara, mata yatte miyo u.
If I should fail, I would try again.
万一失敗したら両親はどう言うだろう。
manichi shippai shi tara ryōshin wa dō iu daro u.
Should I fail, what would my parents say? | In the unlikely event that I failed, what would my parents say?
万一失敗しても、もう一度がんばります。
manichi shippai shi te mo, mōichido ganbari masu.
Should I fail, I would try again. | If for some reason I failed, I'd try again. | If by some chance I failed, I'd try again.
ただし、調子に乗ると失敗を招くので注意!
tadashi, chōshi ni noru to shippai o maneku node chūi!
However if you get carried away you'll risk failure so take care!
彼女は失敗したのは病気したからだと言った。
kanojo wa shippai shi ta no wa byōki shi ta kara da to itta.
She attributed her failure to illness.
文学的な見地から言えば、彼の作品は失敗です。
bungaku teki na kenchi kara ie ba, kare no sakuhin wa shippai desu.
From a literary point of view, his work is a failure.
万一失敗すれば、私はもう一度やってみるだろう。
manichi shippai sure ba, watashi wa mōichido yatte miru daro u.
If I should fail, I would try again.
万一失敗しても、私はもう一度やってみるでしょう。
manichi shippai shi te mo, watashi wa mōichido yatte miru desho u.
If I should fail, I would try again.
彼女は失敗したときのことを考えると眠れなかった。
kanojo wa shippai shi ta toki no koto o kangaeru to nemure nakatta.
She could not sleep at the thought of her failure.
彼女は彼が失敗するのではないかと心配していると言った。
kanojo wa kare ga shippai suru no de wa nai ka to shinpai shi te iru to itta.
She said she feared that he might fail.
万一僕が失敗すれば、両親がどんなにがっかりすることだろう。
manichi boku ga shippai sure ba, ryōshin ga donnani gakkari suru koto daro u.
How disappointed my parents would be, if I should fail!
和平会談は再度失敗したが、双方とも相手方に失敗の責任ありと非難した。
wahei kaidan wa saido shippai shi ta ga, sōhō tomo aitegata ni shippai no sekinin ari to hinan shi ta.
The peace talks failed again, with both sides blaming the other for the failure.
Examples sourced from tatoeba.org