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zenpai

zenpai noun: the act of losing every bout in a tournament.

Noun

zenpai

  1. the act of losing every bout in a tournament

Origin of zenpai

Borrowed from Japanese 全敗 (zenpai, “utter defeat”).

Questions about zenpai

What does zenpai mean?
Zenpai means the act of losing every bout in a tournament.
What part of speech is zenpai?
Zenpai is a noun.

Words near zenpai in the dictionary

  1. zenophobia
  2. Zenor
  3. Zenors
  4. zenosyne
  5. zenotropism
  6. zenpai
  7. Zens
  8. Zenses
  9. zensho yusho
  10. Zent
  11. zentai

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