全ぜん勝しょう

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全勝する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', transitive verb, intransitive verb

General term for winning every match or game in a competition, series, or tournament. Can be used as a noun, suru-verb, or no-adjective.

winning a sumo tournament with no losses; zenshō

Sumo-specific term for a wrestler winning all 15 bouts in a grand tournament. Often used as a noun.

〈人ひと〉が全ぜん勝しょうするfor someone to win every match in a competition
彼かれは今こん場ば所しょ、全ぜん勝しょうしている。
He has won every bout this tournament.
全ぜん勝しょうで優ゆう勝しょうするto win a championship with a perfect, unbeaten record
チームは全ぜん勝しょうで優ゆう勝しょうを果はたした。
The team won the championship with a perfect, undefeated record.
〈数かず〉戦せん全ぜん勝しょうwon all X matches out of X
彼かの女じょは五ご戦せん全ぜん勝しょうで決けっ勝しょうに進すすんだ。
She advanced to the final having won all five of her matches.

無む敗はい sense 1
全勝 emphasizes actively winning every match, while 無敗 simply means never having lost (draws are still possible).
連れん勝しょう
連勝 focuses on the streak of consecutive wins, whereas 全勝 emphasizes winning every match in a whole tournament or series.

全ぜん敗ぱい sense 1
全勝 means winning every match, while 全敗 means losing every match.
全ぜん滅めつN1
全勝 means winning every match, the direct opposite of 全滅 in the sense of total defeat or failure.

優ゆう勝しょうN4sense 1
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.
総そう当あたり
全勝 means winning every match (an outcome), while 総当たり describes the tournament format itself where everyone plays everyone, not the result.

Compound of 全 (all, complete) and 勝 (victory). The reading is on'yomi.