Japanese Word Entry

一發勝負

Simplified Japanese form: 一発勝負

Kana:いっぱつしょうぶ
Romaji:ippatsushoubu
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

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
Variants
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departure, publish, emit, start from, disclose, issue, dispatch, send out
Readings
Mandarin: ㄈㄚ (fā), ㄅㄛ (bō)
Cantonese: faat3
Japanese: ハツ (hatsu)、 ホツ (hotsu) / た.つ (tatsu)、 あば.く (abaku)、 おこ.る (okoru)、 つか.わす (tsukawasu)、 はな.つ (hanatsu)
Korean: 발 (bal)
Vietnamese: phát
Variants
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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
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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
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