Meaning of 決闘(けっとう) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 決闘

Kana Reading けっとう

Romaji kettō

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

Meaning

duel; shoot-out

Examples of 決闘, けっとう in a sentence

「親父これって・・・真剣？」「当たり前だろう、決闘なのだからな」

Dad, this a real sword? "Of course, it is a duel after all."
西園寺は決闘に勝つと思っていたのに負けた。

Kyouichi Saionji, who he supposed would win the duel, has lost.

Related Kanji

闘 JLPT 1

18 strokes

fight, war

On'Yomi: トウ

Kun'Yomi: たたか.う, あらそ.う

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決 JLPT 3

7 strokes

decide, fix, agree upon, appoint

On'Yomi: ケツ

Kun'Yomi: き.める, -ぎ.め, き.まる, さ.く

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