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準優勝 (じゅんゆうしょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
runner-up ; second place
sports
Used in sports and competitions to mean finishing second or being the runner-up. Often used as a noun or with する to mean 'to finish second'. The abbreviation 準V is sometimes seen in headlines.
準じゅん 優ゆう 勝しょう に 終お わっ た が 、 チーム は よく 戦たたか っ た 。
They ended up as runners-up, but the team fought well.
Kanji 準 semi-, correspond to, proportionate to 優 tenderness, excel, surpass Similar words 優ゆう 勝しょう 優勝 means 'victory' or 'championship', while 準優勝 specifically means 'runner-up' or 'second place'.
準じゅん 決けっ 勝しょう 準決勝 means 'semifinal', a stage before the final; 準優勝 is the result of finishing second in the final.
Etymology Compound of 準 (jun, 'semi-' or 'quasi-') and 優勝 (yūshō, 'victory' or 'championship'). The prefix 準 indicates a rank just below the top, so 準優勝 literally means 'semi-victory' or 'near-championship'.
