挫折

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 挫折 is read as ざせつ and is a noun and する verb for a setback in which a plan or effort toward a goal is frustrated or broken off.
• Basic usage: Experiencing one appears in 大きな挫折を経験する, while using it as a turning point appears in 挫折をきっかけに見直す.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• An experience that blocks a goal
  • It can mean more than one poor result, extending to an experience that makes the goal hard to pursue and undermines motivation.
• Difference from 失敗
  • 失敗 broadly covers an unsuccessful action or attempt, while 挫折 focuses on a plan, ambition, or effort being blocked, abandoned, or seriously shaken.