Word Meaning 自棄になる

やけになる yakeninaru

自棄になる is read as やけになる (yakeninaru) and means to become desperate.

Meaning

English

  1. to become desperate
  2. to give in to despair

Reading

Kana

やけになる

Romaji

yakeninaru

Writing Variants

  • 焼けになる やけになる yakeninaru

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 54213 Priority I

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

自棄

じき

desperation

自暴自棄

じぼうじき

desperation

自棄のやん八

やけのやんぱち

(sense of) desperation

自棄っぱち

やけっぱち

complete desperation

自惚れる

うぬぼれる

to be conceited

自衛隊

じえいたい

Japan Self-Defense Forces

自衛

じえい

self-defense

自己

じこ

self

自慢

じまん

pride

自我

じが

ego

自滅

じめつ

natural decay

自炊

じすい

scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself

Example Sentences

2

Never surrender yourself to despair.

Don't give in to despair just because you didn't get into the college that was at the top of your wish-list.