巴ともえ戦せん

noun

dogfight; three-way playoff

A playoff format where three participants compete in a round-robin style, with the winner of each bout staying on to face the next opponent. Originally from sumo, but now used more broadly for any three-way tiebreaker.

• 大おお相撲ずもうの優ゆう勝しょう決けっ定てい戦せんで巴ともえ戦せんが行おこなわれた。

  A three-way playoff was held in the grand sumo tournament's championship match.

• 三さん人にんの成せい績せきが並ならんだため、巴ともえ戦せんで勝しょう者しゃを決きめることになった。

  Since the three had the same record, it was decided to determine the winner by a three-way playoff.

noun

sumo three-way playoff

Specifically the sumo playoff format where three wrestlers compete in a round-robin; the winner of each bout stays on to face the next wrestler.

• 巴ともえ戦せんでは、最さい初しょに勝かった力りき士しが次つぎの相あい手てと戦たたかう。

  In a sumo three-way playoff, the wrestler who wins first fights the next opponent.