ドロー

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

Sports use for a match or game ending with no winner. More native/common Japanese is 引き分け, while ドロー sounds like sports terminology.

draw for pairings; tournament draw

Sports use for the drawing or announcement of pairings, brackets, or opponents in a competition.

draw shot; draw ball

abbreviationgolf

Golf term, abbreviated from ドローボール, for a shot that curves in a draw trajectory.

〈試し合あい〉がドローになるfor a match to end in a draw
試し合あいは1対たい1のドローになった。
The match ended in a 1-1 draw.
〈大たい会かい〉のドローが発はっ表ぴょうされるfor a tournament's draw (bracket/pairings) to be announced
来らい週しゅうの大たい会かいのドローが発はっ表ぴょうされた。
The draw for next week's tournament was announced.
ドローを打うつto hit a draw shot (in golf)
彼かれはドローを打うつのが得とく意いだ。
He's good at hitting a draw shot.
ドロー機き能のうを使つかうto use a drawing function (in software or design tools)
このソフトのドロー機き能のうを使つかって図ずを描かいた。
I drew the diagram using this software's drawing function.

引ひき分わけN3sense 1
引き分け is the everyday native word for a tied match, while ドロー is the sports-loanword equivalent often used in casual or media contexts.
抽ちゅう選せんN2sense 2
抽選 is the general term for drawing lots or a lottery, whereas ドロー is used specifically for announcing tournament pairings or brackets.
ドローボール sense 3
ドローボール is the full golf term for a curving draw shot; ドロー is its shortened, more casual form.
ドローイング sense 4
ドローイング is the fuller word for drawing in art or design, while ドロー often appears as a shortened form, especially in compounds like ドロー機能.

回かいN4
A draw (ドロー) as a match result is counted with 回 as an instance, e.g. 「一回の引き分け」 (one draw), rather than as a repeated frequency.

Written in katakana. No language of origin is specified. The spelling is conventionally associated with English-like sports and drawing terminology.