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
- —天下の勝beautiful scenery
- —同点決勝play-off
- —優勝候補favorite (top choice) for the championship (favourite); best bet for the title
- —連勝複式quinella (bet); dual forecast; reverse forecast
- —馬番連勝quinella; quiniela
- —枠番連勝bracket win; bracket quinella
- —勝負審判ringside judge
- —連続優勝consecutive tournament victories
- —先手必勝victory goes to the one who makes the first move; being quick to take action leads to victory; the early bird gets the worm
- —一番勝負contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game
- —一回勝負contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game
- —一発勝負contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game
- —逆転優勝come-from-behind victory
- —三番勝負three-game match; three-bout contest; a rubber (in a card game)
- —三本勝負a set of three bouts; three-game match; three-bout contest
- —体力勝負trial of strength; test of one's strength (stamina)
- —必勝不敗certain victory; sure victory; invincibility
- —天平勝宝Tenpyō-shōhō era (749.7.2-757.8.18)
- —勝負下着"lucky" underwear (esp. panties), set aside for special dates
- —優勝争いchampionship race; struggle for victory