Word Meaning 参った

まいった maitta

参った is read as まいった (maitta) and means I'm beaten.

Meaning

English

  1. I'm beaten
  2. I give up

Reading

Kana

まいった

Romaji

maitta

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 17896 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

さん

three

参加

さんか

participation

参考

さんこう

reference

参議院

さんぎいん

House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)

参政権

さんせいけん

suffrage

参る

まいる

to be madly in love

参院

さんいん

House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)

参入

さんにゅう

visiting a high-class or noble individual

参加者

さんかしゃ

participant

参事官

さんじかん

councillor

参戦

さんせん

taking part in a competition or contest

参考書

さんこうしょ

reference book

Example Sentences

9

しゅうまつにそぼのおみまいにまいった。

I went to visit my grandmother over the weekend.

そのひとことでかれはまいった。

That single remark completely defeated him.

きゅうにそうきかれて、すこしまいった。

When I was asked that so suddenly, I was a little nonplussed.

Now I'm done for.

I can't stand this cold.

That problem has really got me.

I ask you, he's been cheating me!

"Hey, you're back! Long day today, huh?" "Yeah. The meeting dragged on an hour longer than it was supposed to. It sucked."

"I couldn't sleep last night because that cat wouldn't shut up with its meowing." "Same. I woke up, too." "And apparently my neighbor couldn't take it anymore either. When he yelled at the cat to shut up, it ran away, but I was so startled I couldn't go back to sleep."