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二等賞 (にとうしょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

二に等とう賞しょう

Meanings

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noun

second prize

Refers to the second-place award in a competition or contest.

彼かれはスピーチコンテストで二に等とう賞しょうを取とった。
He won second prize in the speech contest.

Written forms

二に等とう賞しょう
Standard kanji spelling.
２に等とう賞しょう
Variant with numeral ２; common in signs and casual writing.

Kanji

二two, two radical (no. 7)
等etc., and so forth, class (first)
賞

prize, reward, praise

Similar words

一いっ等とう賞しょう
First prize; the top award.
三さん等とう賞しょう
Third prize.

Etymology

Compound of 二 (ni, 'two'), 等 (tō, 'rank, class'), and 賞 (shō, 'prize').