準じゅん決けっ勝しょう

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Meanings

noun

semifinal

sports

Sports and tournament term for the round immediately before the final; often used in phrases such as 準決勝に進む, 準決勝で敗れる, and 準決勝戦.

彼かの女じょは準じゅん決けっ勝しょうに進しん出しゅつした。
She advanced to the semifinal.
チームは準じゅん決けっ勝しょうで強きょう豪ごう校こうに敗やぶれた。
The team lost to a strong school in the semifinal.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が準じゅん決けっ勝しょうに進すすむfor someone (a player/team) to advance to the semifinals
日本にほんチームは準じゅん決けっ勝しょうに進すすんだ。
The Japanese team advanced to the semifinals.
〈人ひと〉が準じゅん決けっ勝しょうで敗やぶれるfor someone to be defeated in the semifinals
彼かれは準じゅん決けっ勝しょうで敗やぶれて涙なみだを見みせた。
He was defeated in the semifinals and shed tears.
〈人ひと〉が準じゅん決けっ勝しょうを突とっ破ぱするto get through the semifinal round
彼かの女じょは準じゅん決けっ勝しょうを突とっ破ぱして決けっ勝しょうに進すすんだ。
She got through the semifinals and advanced to the final.
〈人ひと〉が準じゅん決けっ勝しょうに出しゅつ場じょうするto compete/take part in the semifinal
そのチームは初はじめて準じゅん決けっ勝しょうに出しゅつ場じょうした。
That team competed in the semifinals for the first time.

Kanji

準semi-, correspond to, proportionate to
決decide, fix, agree upon
勝victory, win, prevail

Don't confuse with

決けっ勝しょうN1
決勝 is the final match itself, while 準決勝 is the semifinal round played just before it, so learners often mix up which round each word names.
準じゅん々じゅん決けっ勝しょう
準々決勝 is the quarterfinal, one round earlier than 準決勝, and the similar spelling makes the two easy to confuse.
決けっ勝しょう戦せん
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.

Word family

準じゅん決けっ勝しょう戦せん
semifinal match; semifinal game
準じゅん々じゅん決けっ勝しょう
quarterfinal

Built from

準じゅん+決けっ勝しょう

Etymology

Sino-Japanese compound: 準 means 'semi-' or 'quasi-', and 決勝 refers to deciding the winner, especially a final round. Together they mean the round just before the final.