Illustration: At a neighborhood recreation hall, two adults arm-wrestle across a sturdy low table. Their clasped hands remain upright exactly between their planted elbows, and both lean inward with equally strained shoulders and determined faces.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

互ご角かく

gokaku

evenly matched

Example sentences

彼かれらは英語えいごの知識ちしきの点てんでは互角ごかくだ。
They are equally matched in their knowledge of English.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
兄弟きょうだいの学業成績がくぎょうせいせきはほとんど互角ごかくだった。
The brothers' school records nearly matched.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
どちらが勝かってもおかしくない。両りょうチームとも実力じつりょくはほぼ互角ごかくだからね。
It’s a tossup as to who will win; both teams are about the same in quality.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 互角

互mutually; reciprocallyOnゴKunたがい・かたみに
角angle; cornerOnカクKunかど・つの

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