選せん手しゅ権けん

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

noun

championship; champion's title

Refers to the status or title of being champion, especially in sports and competitive events. Common with verbs such as 獲得する, 守る, and 争う.

彼かの女じょは二に年ねん連れん続ぞくで選せん手しゅ権けんを

獲かく

得とく

し

た

。

She won the championship for the second year in a row.

王おう者じゃは次つぎの試し合あいで選せん手しゅ権けんを守まもらなければならない。

The champion has to defend the title in the next match.

2

noun

championship tournament; championship event; championship game

Refers to the contest, game, meet, or tournament held to decide a champion. Often appears in event names such as 世界選手権 and 全国選手権.

来らい月げつ、東とう京きょうで世せ界かい選せん手しゅ権けんが開ひらかれる。
The world championships will be held in Tokyo next month.
全ぜん国こく高こう校こうサッカー選せん手しゅ権けんがいよいよ始はじまる。
The national high school soccer championship is finally starting.

Usage patterns

選せん手しゅ権けんを獲かく得とくするto win the championship (title)
彼かれは去きょ年ねん、世せ界かい選せん手しゅ権けんを獲かく得とくした。
He won the world championship title last year.
選せん手しゅ権けんに出しゅつ場じょうするto compete in a championship tournament
彼かの女じょは初はじめて全ぜん国こく選せん手しゅ権けんに出しゅつ場じょうした。
She competed in the national championship for the first time.
選せん手しゅ権けんを守まもるto defend one's championship (title)
彼かれは挑ちょう戦せん者しゃを退しりぞけて選せん手しゅ権けんを守まもった。
He fended off the challenger and defended his championship title.
選せん手しゅ権けんを争あらそうto compete for the championship (title)
二人ふたりの選せん手しゅが選せん手しゅ権けんを争あらそっている。
The two athletes are competing for the championship title.

Kanji

選elect, select, choose
手hand
権authority, power, rights

Related words

優ゆう勝しょうN4sense 1
優勝 refers to the act or result of winning first place, while 選手権 can mean either the champion's title itself or the tournament held to decide it.
大たい会かいN4sense 2
大会 is a general word for any tournament, meet, or convention, while 選手権 specifically implies a competition held to decide a champion.
タイトルN2sense 1
タイトル is a loanword often used for a championship title or belt, especially in sports and entertainment, while 選手権 is the native Sino-Japanese term that can also name the event itself.
甲こう子し園えん
甲子園 in casual speech often refers to the summer high‑school tournament itself, while 選手権 is the more formal, generic word for a championship tournament and doesn't specify Koshien on its own.
チャンピオンシップ
選手権 is the native Japanese term for a championship title and is far more common in everyday and news usage, while チャンピオンシップ is a loanword often used for internationally branded or English-named tournaments.

Word family

世せ界かい選せん手しゅ権けん
world championship
選せん手しゅ権けん大たい会かい
championship tournament; championship series
選せん手しゅ権けん試じ合あい
title match; championship bout

Built from

選せん手しゅ+権けん

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound combining 選手, 'player; athlete,' with 権, 'right; authority; title.' The spelling is conventionally associated with the idea of the champion's title and the contest that decides it.

選せん手しゅ権けん保ほ持じ者しゃ

champion; title holder

オープン選せん手しゅ権けん

open championship; open competition