| 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 defeat of the weaker | 劣敗 |
| gen. | n defeated soldier fleeing the enemy | 落人 |
| gen. | n the defeated | 敗北者 |
| gen. | n the defeated | 敗者 news1 nf15 |
| gen. | exp obsc the team appears to be headed for defeat | 敗色が濃い |
| 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 |