Kanji1 / 12
勝 kanji
victory, win, prevail, excel
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
ショウ
Kun readings
かつ-がちまさるすぐれるかつ
Words with 勝
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —優勝者champion; (first-prize) winner; victor; titleholder
- —優勝馬winning horse
- —優勝杯championship cup
- —勝負事gambling; competition; game (of chance)
- —勝負師gambler; risk taker
- —戦勝国victorious nation
- —決勝線finish line; goal line
- —三連勝three wins in a row
- —単勝式win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
- —優勝戦championship tournament; finals
- —準優勝being the runner-up; finishing second
- —初優勝first championship win (esp. sumo)
- —勝負俵bales forming the edge of the ring
- —優勝額portrait of a tournament winner
- —勝負服jockey's racing uniform; one's best clothes (esp. for women), normally put aside for important meetings, dates, etc.
- —大勝利huge win; overwhelming victory
- —連勝式forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
- —複勝式place bet (in horse racing, etc.); show bet; bet that predicts a top 2 or top 3 finish (depending on number of horses, etc. in race)
- —必勝法surefire way to win
- —大勝負do-or-die game; crucial contest