Related words 勝しょう 負ぶ 勝負 is the noun meaning 'match' or 'contest'; 勝負あり is the set phrase announcing its conclusion.
一いっ 本ぽん In judo and similar sports, 一本 is the call for a full-point winning technique, whereas 勝負あり is a more general 'match over' call.
Written forms 勝しょう 負ぶ あり
Standard kanji spelling for this interjection.
勝しょう 負ぶ 有あ り
Alternate kanji spelling using 有り instead of あり .
Etymology Compound of 勝負 (shōbu, 'match, contest') and あり (ari, 'there is'), literally 'there is a result'. The phrase is a conventionalized exclamation used to announce the end of a contest.
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