惜敗 せきはい regrettable defeat #23,613 Meanings noun, takes する, intransitive regrettable defeat; defeat by a narrow margin Its kanji 惜 セキ · お.しい、お.しむ pity, be sparing of, frugal, stingy, regret 敗 ハイ · やぶ.れる failure, defeat, reversal