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リーグ戦 (riigusen) Japanese meaning: league match | Kotomora

リーグ戦せん

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Meanings

1

league match; league competition; round robin

Refers to a competition format where all participants play each other, common in sports and games.

今こんシーズンのリーグ戦せんは来らい月げつから始はじまります。

This season's league competition starts next month.

リーグ戦せんでは、全ぜんチームが総そう当あたりで対たい戦せんする。

In a round robin, every team plays against all the others.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉をリーグ戦せんで行おこなうto hold a competition in a league (round-robin) format
今年ことしの大たい会かいはリーグ戦せんで行おこなわれる。
This year's tournament will be held in a league format.
リーグ戦せんに出しゅつ場じょうするto compete in a league match
彼かれのチームは全ぜん国こくリーグ戦せんに出しゅつ場じょうすることが決きまった。
His team was chosen to compete in the national league.
リーグ戦せんで優ゆう勝しょうするto win the league championship
そのチームは3年ねん連れん続ぞくでリーグ戦せんで優ゆう勝しょうした。
The team won the league championship three years in a row.

Kanji

戦war, battle, match

Related words

総そう当あたり戦せん
総当たり戦 is a native Japanese term for round-robin competition, while リーグ戦 is the more common loanword-based equivalent.
トーナメント
トーナメント usually refers to a knockout format where one loss eliminates a team, while リーグ戦 is a round-robin format where every team plays every other team.
総そう当あたり
リーグ戦 refers to a league-match system (one common way of running a competition), while 総当たり specifically emphasizes that every team faces every other team.

Opposites

トーナメント
トーナメント is a knockout (single-elimination) competition, while リーグ戦 is a round-robin format where everyone plays everyone.

Counted with

回かいN4
Used to count the number of league matches or rounds played.

Built from

リーグ+戦せん

Etymology

Compound of リーグ (from English 'league') and 戦 (match, competition).