| Subject | English | Japanese |
| proverb | exp A defeated general should not talk of the battle | 敗軍の将は兵を語らず |
| gen. | n vs being defeated by a stronger opponent | 力負 io |
| gen. | n vs being defeated by a stronger opponent | 力負け news2 nf30 |
| gen. | n defeated country | 敗戦国 |
| gen. | n defeated general | 敗将 |
| gen. | n defeated in every | 全戦全敗 (match, battle, etc.) |
| gen. | defeated river | 転向流 |
| gen. | n defeated soldier fleeing the enemy | 落人 |
| gen. | n remnants of a defeated army | 残兵 |
| gen. | n remnants of a defeated army | 敗残兵 |
| gen. | exp yoji When the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off | 狡兎良狗 from 狡兎死して良狗烹らる |
| gen. | v1 exp when the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off | 狡兎死して走狗烹らる |
| hist.fig. | Xiang Yu aka Kou U, 232 BC-202 BC, general in the late Qin period, defeated by Liu Bang, founder of the Han Dynasty | 項羽 |