Word Meaning 一番勝負

いちばんしょうぶ ichibanshoubu

一番勝負 is read as いちばんしょうぶ (ichibanshoubu) and means contest decided by a single round (bout).

Meaning

English

  1. contest decided by a single round (bout)
  2. contest decided by a single roll of dice
  3. one-shot game (contest)
  4. make-or-break game

Reading

Kana

いちばんしょうぶ

Romaji

ichibanshoubu

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 34 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 69164 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

一本勝負

いっぽんしょうぶ

one-game match

一発勝負

いっぱつしょうぶ

contest decided by a single round (bout)

一回勝負

いっかいしょうぶ

contest decided by a single round (bout)

一六勝負

いちろくしょうぶ

gambling

三番勝負

さんばんしょうぶ

three-game match

一番

いちばん

best

一一九番

ひゃくじゅうきゅうばん

119 (ambulance and fire brigade emergency telephone number in Japan)

一番手

いちばんて

first person (to do)

一番乗り

いちばんのり

first (person) to arrive

一番上

いちばんうえ

highest

一人勝手

ひとりかって

(very) selfish

一人勝ち

ひとりがち

being the sole winner