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負けず嫌いな
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competitive / hating to lose
competitive, hates losing, bad loser, die-hard
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Example sentences
おとうとけずぎらいなせいかくだ。
My little brother has a competitive personality.
かのじょはとてもけずぎらいなせんしゅです。
She is a very competitive athlete.
けずぎらいなひとほどりょくする。
The more competitive a person is, the harder they work.
どもころからけずぎらいなだった。
Since childhood, she was a child who hated losing.

Practice exercises

1
いもうとはとてもけずぎらいだ
My little sister is very competitive.
Answer
けずぎらいだけずぎらいです
2
かれけずぎらいな性格せいかくで、けるとくやしがる。
He has a competitive personality and gets frustrated when he loses.
Answer
けずぎらいな
3
子供こどものころの彼女かのじょだれよりもけずぎらいだった
As a child, she was more competitive than anyone.
Answer
けずぎらいだったけずぎらいでした
4
まえけずぎらいなけんが、困難こんなん状況じょうきょうえるちからとなった。
His inherent competitive drive to never lose became the strength to overcome difficult situations.
Answer
けずぎらいな
5
かれけずぎらいで一度いちど敗北はいぼくゆるせない。
Being competitive, he cannot tolerate even a single defeat.
Answer
けずぎらいで