準じゅん々じゅん決けっ勝しょう戦せん

Meanings

noun

quarterfinal match

Used in tournament contexts for the round before the semifinals. Often shortened to 準々決勝 in casual speech.

彼かれは準々じゅんじゅん決けっ勝しょう戦せんで敗やぶれた。
He lost in the quarterfinal match.
準々じゅんじゅん決けっ勝しょう戦せんは明日あす行おこなわれる。
The quarterfinal game will be held tomorrow.

Kanji

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

Related words

準じゅん決けっ勝しょう
Semifinal; the round after the quarterfinal. 準々決勝 is the round before the semifinal.
決けっ勝しょう
Final; the last round of a tournament. 準々決勝 is two rounds before the final.

Built from

準じゅん+準じゅん決けっ勝しょう戦せん

Written forms

準じゅん々じゅん決けっ勝しょう戦せん
Standard kanji spelling using the iteration mark 々.
準じゅん準じゅん決けっ勝しょう戦せん
Less common variant; the repetition of 準 is usually written with the iteration mark 々.

Etymology

Compound of 準 (jun, 'semi-') repeated for 'quarter-', 決勝 (kesshō, 'final'), and 戦 (sen, 'match'). The repetition of 準 is written with the iteration mark 々 in the standard form.