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優勝 (yuushou) Japanese meaning: overall victory | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N4 › Freq. Frequency Top 2,000 Conjugation 優勝する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 優ゆう 勝しょう する 優ゆう 勝しょう しない Polite 優ゆう 勝しょう します 優ゆう 勝しょう しません Past polite 優ゆう 勝しょう しました 優ゆう 勝しょう しませんでした Past 優ゆう 勝しょう した 優ゆう 勝しょう しなかった Te-form 優ゆう 勝しょう して 優ゆう 勝しょう しないで Desire 優ゆう 勝しょう したい 優ゆう 勝しょう したくない Potential 優ゆう 勝しょう できる 優ゆう 勝しょう できない Passive 優ゆう 勝しょう される 優ゆう 勝しょう されない Causative 優ゆう 勝しょう させる 優ゆう 勝しょう させない Causative passive 優ゆう 勝しょう させられる 優ゆう 勝しょう させられない Volitional 優ゆう 勝しょう しよう Polite volitional 優ゆう 勝しょう しましょう Imperative 優ゆう 勝しょう しろ 優ゆう 勝しょう するな Conditional 優ゆう 勝しょう すれば 優ゆう 勝しょう しなければ Tara conditional 優ゆう 勝しょう したら 優ゆう 勝しょう しなかったら
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で
優ゆう
勝しょう
し
た
。
He won the national tournament.
I practice every day aiming for the championship.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 で 優ゆう 勝しょう する to win the championship at/in a tournament or event
He won the championship at the national tournament.
優ゆう 勝しょう な 気き 分ぶん feeling like you've won the championship; feeling on top of the world
After eating such delicious food, I feel like I've won the championship.
優ゆう 勝しょう を 決き める to clinch the championship
They clinched the championship in the final match.
優ゆう 勝しょう を 果は たす to achieve/attain the championship
After much hardship, they finally achieved the championship.
Kanji 優 tenderness, excel, surpass Related words· 9 優勝 refers specifically to winning an entire tournament or championship, while 勝利 is the general word for winning any single contest or battle.
制覇 emphasizes dominating or conquering a competition (often repeatedly), whereas 優勝 simply states that one won the title.
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.
金賞 is the named top award given in a contest (a medal or title), while 優勝 refers to the act or status of winning overall, so 優勝 can be used even without a formal 金賞 medal.
Show 5 more 優勝 means 'championship win' in general, while 初優勝 specifically emphasizes that it is the person's or team's first such victory.
優勝 specifically means winning first place or a championship, whereas ビクトリー can refer to any single win, not just an overall title.
優勝 means winning first place or overall victory, whereas 入賞 covers any prize-winning rank, not just first place.
優勝 focuses on the act of winning first place in a competition, whereas グランプリ refers to the top prize or title itself.
Opposites 敗退 means losing and being eliminated from a competition, the direct opposite of achieving 優勝.
優勝 is the top winner of a competition, while 次点 is the position that comes right after the winner.
Don't confuse with· 5 優秀 (excellent, outstanding) shares the kanji 優 with 優勝 but describes quality, not winning a competition.
優勝 refers to winning a tournament or competition, whereas 戦勝 specifically means winning an actual war, so the two are not interchangeable despite both containing 勝.
優勝 refers to winning a single championship, while 連覇 specifically means winning the championship multiple times in a row.
Show 2 more Etymology Compound of 優 (superior, excellent) and 勝 (win, victory). The colloquial sense likely derives from the euphoria associated with winning a championship.
優勝 is the ordinary word for 'winning a championship,' while 栄冠 is a more literary way of describing that same triumph as a crown of honor.
優勝 means winning a competition or championship (the act of winning), while 大賞 is the grand-prize title or award itself, often given in artistic or selection contests.
全勝 specifically means winning all matches with no losses, whereas 優勝 just means winning the overall championship, even if some matches were lost along the way.
はい
champion; winner; victor; titleholder
Show 5 more portrait of a tournament winner
winning horse
runner-up; second place
championship race; battle for the title; struggle for victory
favorite for the championship; top contender for the title
