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挫
1
setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
Examples
資金不足のためわれわれの計画は挫折した。
Our plan failed because of the shortage of funds.
1
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be dispirited; to be crushed (emotionally)
Examples
いざというとき決意がくじけた。
My resolution dissolved at the last moment.
2
to be sprained
3
to be snapped; to be broken
1
to sprain; to twist
Examples
観客側から相手チームをわらってやることは、その士気をくじくことになろう。
It would demoralize the opposing team to give it the razz from the spectators' side.
2
to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten; to dispirit; to depress; to unnerve; to crush
1
sprain; twist; wrench
Examples
滑って足首を捻挫した。
I slipped and twisted my ankle.
1
Idiomatic expression
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
