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勝負

勝負

See also: 胜负

Chinese

victorious; (also sheng4) able to do; competent enough to
 
lose; negative (math. etc.); to bear; to carry (on one's back)
trad. (勝負) 勝 負
simp. (胜负) 胜 负

Noun

勝負

  1. victory or defeat

Japanese

Kanji in this term
勝 負
しょう
Grade: 3 		ぶ
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

勝負 ‎(hiragana しょうぶ, romaji shōbu)

  1. a competition; a game; a match
    • 1933, 戸坂潤, 社会時評:
      国 (こく)際 (さい)競 (きょう)争 (そう)に限 (かぎ)らず、勝 (しょう)負 (ぶ)は機 (き)会 (かい)均 (きん)等 (とう)でなければならぬ。
      Kokusai kyōsō ni kagirazu, shōbu wa kikai kintō de nakereba naranu.
      There must be equal opportunity in all games, not only international competitions.
    • 2007 March 15, Gosho Aoyama, “ゴールデン・アイの巻まき【前ぜん編ぺん】 [Golden Eye [First Chapter]]”, in まじっく快かい斗と [Magic Kaito], volume 4 (fiction, in Japanese), Tokyo: Shogakukan, ISBN 978-4-09-121005-0, page 108:
      私 (わたし)の名 (な)は黒猫 (シャノアール)…来 (きた)る日 (にち)曜 (よう)２１ (にじゅういち)時 (じ)…ホテルオーシャンでの君 (きみ)との勝 (しょう)負 (ぶ)が楽 (たの)しみだ…
      Watashi no na wa Sha Noāru… Kitaru nichiyō nijūichi-ji… Hoteru Ōshan de no kimi tono shōbu ga tanoshimi da…
      My name is Chat Noir… The upcoming Sunday at 21… I'm looking forward to the match with you at Hotel Ocean…
  2. victory or defeat, the outcome of a match
    • 1907, 夏目漱石, 虞美人草:
      勝 (しょう)負 (ぶ)はすでについた。
      Shōbu wa sude ni tsuita.
      The outcome was already decided.

Verb

勝負する ‎(intransitive, hiragana しょうぶする, romaji shōbu suru)

  1. compete; have a match

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