Word Meaning 三つ巴の戦い

みつどもえのたたかい mitsudomoe no tatakai

三つ巴の戦い is read as みつどもえのたたかい (mitsudomoe no tatakai) and means playoff for the tournament win with three wrestlers participating.

Meaning

English

playoff for the tournament win with three wrestlers participating

Reading

Kana

みつどもえのたたかい

Romaji

mitsudomoe no tatakai

Writing Variants

三つどもえの戦い みつどもえのたたかい mitsudomoenotatakai

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Rank 99439 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

三つ巴戦

みつどもえせん

playoff for the tournament win with three wrestlers participating

三つ巴の争い

みつどもえのあらそい

three-cornered battle

三国同盟戦争

さんごくどうめいせんそう

War of the Triple Alliance (1864-1870)

三つ巴

みつどもえ

(emblem of) three comma-shaped figures arranged to form a circle

巴戦

ともえせん

dogfight

三人遣い

さんにんづかい

three-person operation of a puppet (bunraku)

三塁

さんるい

third base

三振

さんしん

strikeout

三塁打

さんるいだ

three-base hit

三塁手

さんるいしゅ

third baseman

三冠馬

さんかんば

winner of Japan's three main horse races

三佐

さんさ

major (JGSDF)

Example Sentences

彼は三つ巴の戦いに巻き込まれた。

かれはみつどもえのたたかいにまきこまれた。

He got caught in a three-way struggle.