勝ち星

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
勝 星
か(ち)
Grade: 3 		ほし > ぼし
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of 勝(か)ち (kachi, “victory, win”) + 星(ほし) (hoshi, “star → dot → circle”).

The hoshi changes to boshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

勝(か)ち星(ぼし) • (kachiboshi) 

  1. (sumo) a white circle used to indicate a win
    Synonym: 白星 (shiroboshi)
    Antonyms: 黒星 (kuroboshi), 負け星 (makeboshi)
  2. (by extension) a victory, win
    Synonyms: 勝ち (kachi), 勝利 (shōri)

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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