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拳闘選手 (kentousenshu) Japanese meaning: boxer | Kotomora

拳けん闘とう選せん手しゅ

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ん

と

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せ

ん

しゅ

Meanings

1

rare term

Rare, formal term for a boxer; in modern Japanese ボクサー is the standard word. May appear in older texts or formal contexts.

See also: ボクサー

彼かれは

かつて

拳けん

闘とう

選せん

手しゅ

と

し

て

名な

を

馳は

せ

た

。

He once made a name for himself as a boxer.

古ふるい新しん聞ぶんには拳けん闘とう選せん手しゅの試し合あい結けっ果かが載のっている。

Old newspapers carry the match results of boxers.

Kanji

拳fist
闘fight, war
選elect, select, choose
手hand

Related words

ボクサー
The standard modern word for 'boxer'. 拳闘選手 is a rare, formal synonym.

Word family

重じゅう量りょう拳けん闘とう選せん手しゅ
heavyweight boxer

Built from

拳けん闘とう+選せん手しゅ

Etymology

Compound of 拳闘 (fist fighting, boxing) and 選手 (player, athlete). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; it is a native Japanese coinage for the concept of a boxer, now largely replaced by the loanword ボクサー.