失策(しっさく)

しっさく
noun
blunder; mistake; error (in baseball)
1. blunder; miscalculation; mistake in strategy
A mistake in judgment, planning, or execution, especially one with significant consequences. More formal than ミス and implies a strategic or political error.
外交上(がいこうじょう)の失策(しっさく)だった。
It was a diplomatic blunder.
政府(せいふ)の経済(けいざい)政策(せいさく)は失策(しっさく)だったと批判(ひはん)されている。
The government's economic policy is being criticized as a blunder.
彼(かれ)の失策(しっさく)が会社(かいしゃ)に大(おお)きな損害(そんがい)を与(あた)えた。
His blunder caused significant damage to the company.
2. error (in baseball)
A fielding mistake in baseball that allows a batter or runner to advance. The official statistical term for an error in Japanese baseball.
ショートの失策(しっさく)で一点(いってん)入(はい)った。
A run scored due to an error by the shortstop.
今季(こんき)は失策(しっさく)数(すう)が多(おお)い。
There have been many errors this season.
守備(しゅび)の乱(みだ)れから失策(しっさく)が続(つづ)き、大量(たいりょう)失点(しってん)につながった。
Errors kept piling up due to sloppy fielding, leading to a flood of runs.

失策(しっさく) combines 失(しつ) (lose/miss) + 策(さく) (plan/strategy). It implies a significant mistake in judgment or planning.

SENSE 1 — STRATEGIC BLUNDER:
More formal and weighty than 失敗(しっぱい) (failure). Used for mistakes with serious consequences in politics, diplomacy, or business.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 外交(がいこう)失策(しっさく): diplomatic blunder
  • 政策(せいさく)の失策(しっさく): policy mistake
  • 経営(けいえい)失策(しっさく): management blunder

SENSE 2 — BASEBALL ERROR:

The official statistical term for a fielding error, corresponding to "E" in scorekeeping.

  • 失策(しっさく)数(すう): number of errors
  • 失策(しっさく)率(りつ): error rate

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 失敗(しっぱい): failure, mistake (general)
  • ミス: error, mistake (casual)
  • 過失(かしつ): negligence, fault (legal)
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Added 2026.3.22 12:16 · Revised 2026.4.3 15:54
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