See also: 优胜

Chinese

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

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Adjective

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優勝

  1. (attributive) victorious; winning; superior

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Japanese

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(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 [Tomohiro the Mountainous Fighter], 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」 [Chapter 1: “If I were to be reborn, I would want to be a bird”]”, in 武心(BUSHIN) [Fighting Spirit], 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

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(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

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  • 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 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

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優勝 (useung) (hangeul 우승)

  1. hanja form? of 우승 (championship)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

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優勝

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