See also: 胜负

Chinese edit

victorious; able to do; competent enough to
 
lose; negative (maths, etc.); to bear
lose; negative (maths, etc.); to bear; to carry (on one's back)
trad. (勝負)
simp. (胜负)

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勝負

  1. victory or defeat

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Kanji in this term
しょう
Grade: 3

Grade: 3
on’yomi

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Noun edit

(しょう)() (shōbu

  1. a competition; a game; a match
    • 1933, 戸坂潤, 社会時評:
      (こく)(さい)(きょう)(そう)(かぎ)らず、(しょう)()()(かい)(きん)(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(まき)(ぜん)(ぺん)”, in まじっく[快](かい)[斗](と), volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 108:
      (わたし)()黒猫(シャノアール)()たる(にち)(よう )21(にじゅういち)()…ホテルオーシャンでの(きみ)との(しょう)()(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… next Sunday at 9 pm… 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:
      (しょう)()はすでについた。
      Shōbu wa sude ni tsuita.
      The outcome was already decided.

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(しょう)()する (shōbu suruintransitive suru (stem (しょう)() (shōbu shi), past (しょう)()した (shōbu shita))

  1. compete; have a match

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