Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
せん
Grade: 4
しゅ
Grade: 1
けん
Grade: 6
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
選手權 (kyūjitai)
 
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Etymology edit

From 選手(せんしゅ) (senshu) + (けん) (ken). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “why 権 "rights"?”)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(せん)(しゅ)(けん) (senshukenせんしゆけん (sensyuken)?

  1. championship (position of champion, or winner)

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN