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JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

勝かち負まけ

kachimake

winning or losing

Example sentences

  1. 勝かち負まけは問題もんだいじゃないんです。

    It doesn’t matter whether you win or not.

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  2. これらでは「切きられたら死しんだフリ」といったような単純たんじゅんなルールこそあったが、特とくに勝かち負まけを競きそうという側面そくめんは存在そんざいしていなかった。

    There was a simple rule 'when you are killed by sword, you pretend to be dead', but there was no aspect to fight to determine winning or losing.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 勝かち負まけが存在そんざいし、またその一方いっぽうで集団戦しゅうだんせんなどの従来じゅうらいのチャンバラが持もつ楽たのしさもあるため、年々ねんねんその愛好者あいこうしゃは増ふえている模様もようである。

    It seems that there are increasing numbers of players year after year because it determines winners and losers in the game and also it has the original excitements of chanbara such as team competition.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 勝負

  • 勝victory; winOnショウKunかつ・まさる・すぐれる
  • 負defeat; negativeOnフKunまける・まかす・おう

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