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引き分け (ひきわけ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

引ひき分わけ

ひ

き

わ

け

Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

noun

Used in sports, games, and competitions when both sides finish equal. Often appears as 引き分けになる or 引き分けに終わる.

試し合あいは引ひき分わけに終おわった。
The match ended in a draw.
昨日きのうの野や球きゅうの試し合あいは引ひき

分わ

け

だっ

た

。

Yesterday's baseball game was a tie.

Written forms

引ひき分わけUsage98%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
引ひき分わけUsage1%
Variant without okurigana; less common but still used.
ひきわけUsage1%

Kanji

引pull, tug, jerk
分part, minute of time, segment

Similar words

勝かち
A win; the opposite of a draw.
負まけ
A loss; the opposite of a win.
同どう点てん
Same score; often used in the context of a tie, but 引き分け refers to the result itself.

Etymology

Compound of 引き (hiki, continuative form of 引く 'pull') + 分け (wake, continuative form of 分ける 'divide, separate'), literally 'pulling apart evenly'. The meaning of a draw or tie developed from the idea of dividing something equally.