Japanese Word Entry
一番勝負| Kana: | いちばんしょうぶ |
| Romaji: | ichibanshoubu |
| Definition: | contest decided by a single round (bout), contest decided by a single roll of dice, one-shot game (contest), make-or-break game |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 一 | one, one radical (no.1), a, an, alone |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄧ (yī) |
| Cantonese: | jat1 |
| Japanese: | イチ (ichi)、 イツ (itsu) / ひと- (hito-)、 ひと.つ (hitotsu)、 ひとたび (hitotabi)、 はじめ (hajime) |
| Korean: | 일 (il) |
| Vietnamese: | nhất |
| 番 | turn, number in a series, to take turns, a turn, a time, to repeat |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄈㄢ (fān), ㄆㄢ (pān), ㄈㄢˊ (fán), ㄅㄛ (bō), ㄆㄛˊ (pó), ㄆㄢˊ (pán), ㄆㄢˋ (pàn), ㄆㄧˊ (pí) |
| Cantonese: | faan1 |
| Japanese: | バン (ban)、 ハン (han) / つが.い (tsugai)、 つがう (tsugau)、 つがえる (tsugaeru) |
| Korean: | 번 (beon), 반 (ban) |
| Vietnamese: | phiên, phan, ba, bà, dẻo, phen |
Variants
| Semantic variant form: | 蕃 |
| 勝 | victory, win, prevail, excel, be better than |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄕㄥˋ (shèng), ㄕㄥ (shēng) |
| Cantonese: | sing3 |
| Japanese: | ショウ (shou) / か.つ (katsu)、 -が.ち (-gachi)、 まさ.る (masaru)、 すぐ.れる (sugureru)、 たえる (taeru) |
| Korean: | 승 (seung) |
| Vietnamese: | thắng, thăng |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 胜 |
| 負 | defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility, load, burden, carry |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄈㄨˋ (fù) |
| Cantonese: | fu6 |
| Japanese: | フ (fu)、 ブ (bu) / ま.ける (makeru)、 ま.かす (makasu)、 お.う (ou)、 たのむ (tanomu) |
| Korean: | 부 (bu) |
| Vietnamese: | phụ |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 负 |