勝負

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See also: 胜负

Chinese

victorious; able to do; competent enough to
lose; negative (maths, etc.); to bear
lose; negative (maths, etc.); to bear; to carry (on one's back)
 
trad. (勝負) 勝 負
simp. (胜负) 胜 负

Pronunciation

Noun

勝負

  1. victory or defeat

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
勝 負
しょう
Grade: 3 		ぶ
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

勝(しょう)負(ぶ) • (shōbu) 

  1. a competition; a game; a match
    • 1933, 戸坂潤, 社会時評:
      国(こく)際(さい)競(きょう)争(そう)に限(かぎ)らず、勝(しょう)負(ぶ)は機(き)会(かい)均(きん)等(とう)でなければならぬ。
      Kokusai kyōsō ni kagirazu, shōbu wa kikai kintō de nakereba naranu.
      There must be equal opportunity in all games, not only international competitions.
    • 2007 March 15, Gosho Aoyama, “ゴールデン・アイの巻(まき)【前(ぜん)編(ぺん)】 [Golden Eye ]”, in まじっく[快](かい)[斗](と) [Magic Kaito], volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 108:
      私(わたし)の名(な)は黒猫(シャノアール)…来(き)たる日(にち)曜(よう )21(にじゅういち)時(じ)…ホテルオーシャンでの君(きみ)との勝(しょう)負(ぶ)が楽(たの)しみだ…
      Watashi no na wa Sha Noāru… Kitaru nichiyō nijūichi-ji…Hoteru Ōshan de no kimi tono shōbu ga tanoshimi da…
      My name is Chat Noir… next Sunday at 9 pm… I’m looking forward to the match with you at Hotel Ocean…
  2. victory or defeat, the outcome of a match
    • 1907, 夏目漱石, 虞美人草:
      勝(しょう)負(ぶ)はすでについた。
      Shōbu wa sude ni tsuita.
      The outcome was already decided.

Synonyms

Verb

勝(しょう)負(ぶ)する • (shōbu suru) intransitive suru (stem 勝(しょう)負(ぶ)し (shōbu shi), past 勝(しょう)負(ぶ)した (shōbu shita))

  1. compete; have a match

Conjugation

Conjugation of "勝負する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 勝負し しょうぶし shōbu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 勝負し しょうぶし shōbu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 勝負する しょうぶする shōbu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 勝負する しょうぶする shōbu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 勝負すれ しょうぶすれ shōbu sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 勝負せよ¹
勝負しろ² 		しょうぶせよ¹
しょうぶしろ² 		shōbu seyo¹
shōbu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 勝負される しょうぶされる shōbu sareru
Causative 勝負させる
勝負さす 		しょうぶさせる
しょうぶさす 		shōbu saseru
shōbu sasu
Potential 勝負できる しょうぶできる shōbu dekiru
Volitional 勝負しよう しょうぶしよう shōbu shiyō
Negative 勝負しない しょうぶしない shōbu shinai
Negative continuative 勝負せず しょうぶせず shōbu sezu
Formal 勝負します しょうぶします shōbu shimasu
Perfective 勝負した しょうぶした shōbu shita
Conjunctive 勝負して しょうぶして shōbu shite
Hypothetical conditional 勝負すれば しょうぶすれば shōbu sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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