Meaning of 番狂わせ(ばんくるわせ) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 番狂わせ

Kana Reading ばんくるわせ

Romaji bankuruwase

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

unexpected result; upset; surprise

Examples of 番狂わせ, ばんくるわせ in a sentence

初日から番狂わせが多かった。

There were many upsets right from the first day.
試合はＢ校の勝利に終わったが、まったく番狂わせだった。

The game ended in a victory for B school, which was quite contrary to predictions.

Related Kanji

狂 JLPT 1

7 strokes

lunatic, insane, crazy, confuse

On'Yomi: キョウ

Kun'Yomi: くる.う, くる.おしい, くるお.しい

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番 JLPT 3

12 strokes

turn, number in a series

On'Yomi: バン

Kun'Yomi: つが.い

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