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Meaning of 勝負 in Japanese
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勝負JLPT 2
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Kana Readingしょうぶ
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Romajishōbu
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
- Meaning
- victory or defeat; match; contest; game; bout
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Examples of 勝負, しょうぶ in a sentence
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要するにタイマン勝負なんだけど、その試合内容は常人では考えられないほどの高レベル。
Essentially it's a one-to-one match, but the content of that match is a level so high as to be unthinkable to an ordinary person.
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Let's have a contest. The side to come up with the worst insult wins.
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The devil challenged God to a baseball game.
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清水の舞台から飛び降りるつもりで勝負にでるよ。
Going all out like this is going to propel me right into an all-or-nothing struggle.
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I'm equal to my brother in swimming.
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The match ended in a draw.
Related Kanji
負
JLPT 3
9 strokes
defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility
On'Yomi: フ
Kun'Yomi: ま.ける, ま.かす, お.う
勝
JLPT 3
12 strokes
victory, win, prevail, excel
On'Yomi: ショウ
Kun'Yomi: か.つ, -が.ち, まさ.る, すぐ.れる, かつ