勝かち

Meanings

Usage patterns

• 勝かちを収おさめるto achieve/secure a victory

  決けっ勝しょう戦せんで見み事ごとな勝かちを収おさめた。

  They achieved a splendid victory in the final match.

• 勝かちを拾ひろうto scrape out a narrow/lucky win

  後こう半はんの逆ぎゃく転てんで辛かろうじて勝かちを拾ひろった。

  Thanks to a second-half comeback, they barely scraped out a win.

• 〈相あい手て〉に勝かちを譲ゆずるto concede the win to an opponent

  彼かれは最さい後ごの一いっ戦せんで相あい手てに勝かちを譲ゆずった。

  He conceded the win to his opponent in the final match.

• 勝かちが決きまるfor the win to be decided/settled

  延えん長ちょう戦せんでようやく勝かちが決きまった。

  The win was finally decided in overtime.

Expressions

• 乱みだれ勝かちupset victory; undone victory
• 早はやい者もの勝がちfirst come, first served; the early bird catches the worm
• 勝かち目めはないhave no chance of winning; no hope of success
• 負まけるが勝かちlosing is winning; sometimes you have to lose to win; he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day
• 逃にげるが勝かちfleeing is winning; discretion is the better part of valor
• 勝かちに不ふ思し議ぎの勝かちあり、負まけに不ふ思し議ぎの負まけなしthere may be mysterious wins, but there are no mysterious losses