決けっ勝しょう戦せん

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Meanings

1

championship game; finals; deciding round

Refers to the final match or round that determines the winner of a tournament or competition.

明日あしたはいよいよ決けっ勝しょう戦せんだ。
Tomorrow is finally the championship game.
彼かれは決けっ勝しょう戦せんで優ゆう勝しょうした。
He won the championship in the finals.

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Usage patterns

〈決けっ勝しょう戦せん〉に進すすむto advance to the finals
彼かれらは初はじめて決けっ勝しょう戦せんに進すすんだ。
They advanced to the finals for the first time.
〈決けっ勝しょう戦せん〉で優ゆう勝しょうするto win the championship in the finals
彼かの女じょは決けっ勝しょう戦せんで優ゆう勝しょうを決きめた。
She clinched the championship in the finals.
〈決けっ勝しょう戦せん〉に出しゅつ場じょうするto compete in the finals
そのチームは決けっ勝しょう戦せんに出しゅつ場じょうする権けん利りを得えた。
The team earned the right to compete in the finals.

Kanji

決decide, fix, agree upon
勝victory, win, prevail
戦war, battle, match

Related words

決けっ勝しょうN1
決勝 refers broadly to the final stage of a tournament, while 決勝戦 specifically names the actual championship match played in that stage.

Opposites

予よ選せんN1
予選 is the preliminary qualifying round, the opposite stage of a tournament from 決勝戦, the final deciding match.

Don't confuse with

準じゅん決けっ勝しょう
準決勝 (semifinal) and 決勝戦 (final) share the kanji 決勝 and are easy to mix up, but they refer to different, consecutive rounds of a tournament.
決けっ勝しょうトーナメント
決勝戦 refers only to the single final match, whereas 決勝トーナメント refers to the whole elimination bracket leading up to it.

Counted with

回かいN4
Used when referring to the number of times a finals match is held or played; there is no standard dedicated counter for this noun itself.

Word family

準じゅん決けっ勝しょう戦せん
semifinal match; semifinal game
同どう点てん決けっ勝しょう戦せん
tiebreaker; playoff

Built from

決けっ勝しょう+戦せん

Etymology

Compound of 決勝 (けっしょう, 'decision of a contest') + 戦 (せん, 'match' or 'battle'). The term straightforwardly denotes the match that decides the winner.