How do you say "I don't want to fail" in Japanese? The formal form of it?


I'm asking how do you say something like "I don't want to fail" in Japanese.
Yes, in anime they say something like "makenai". But I want to say or write it
like an actual Japanese sentence in the polite form not the informal form so
no slang please. I know -tai is I want to (verb). Any answer on how to say it
formally will be very helpful.




You are using what could be interpreted as two different verbs:

> まける -> to lose
>
> しっぱいする -> to fail

Formally, I usually hear "I cannot afford to fail" rather than "I don't want
to fail".

> 失敗する余裕はありません。

If you want to sound cool, you could say "I don't have any intention on
losing".

> 負けるつもりはありません。

