See also: 优胜

Chinese edit

excellent; superior victorious; able to do; competent enough to
trad. (優勝)
simp. (优胜)

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Adjective edit

優勝

  1. (attributive) victorious; winning; superior

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Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ゆう
Grade: 6
しょう
Grade: 3
on’yomi

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Noun edit

(ゆう)(しょう) (yūshō

  1. a first-place victory, particularly in a championship; winning the title
    • 1933, 戸坂潤, 社会時評:
      もし(ゆう)(しょう)でもしようものなら(にゅう)(がく)(しゃ)(かず)()()えて()すかも()れない。
      Moshi yūshō demo shiyō mono nara nyūgakusha no kazu wa me ni miete masu kamoshirenai.
      If we win the title, we may see it noticeably increase the number of new students.
    • 2001 March 1, (さん)(がく)(とう)()トモヒロ, Konami:
      (いち)()()がしてくやしい!()(かい)(ゆう)(しょう)(ねら)うぜ!」
      “Ichi-i o nigashite kuyashii! Jikai wa yūshō o nerau ze!”
      “Not winning first place is quite disappointing! But next time, I’ll be the champion!”
    • 2006 July 18, Daichi Banjō, “(だい)1(いち)() 「()まれ()われるのなら、(ぼく)(とり)になりたい」”, in 武心(BUSHIN) (武心(BUSHIN)), volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, page 43:
      いっ……(いっ)(ぽん)(ゆう)(しょう)———ッ (あらし) (りゅう)(せい)———ッ‼
      I'……Ippon‼ Yūshō———' Arashi Ryūsei———'‼
      Ip…Ippon! The champion is— Arashi Ryūsei—!

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Verb edit

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

  1. to win, to get first place or take the championship

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References edit

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

優勝 (useung) (hangeul 우승)

  1. Hanja form? of 우승 (championship).

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective edit

優勝

  1. chữ Hán form of ưu thắng (victorious; superior; predominant; prevailing).