痛いたみ分わけ

noun

draw due to injury (sumo)

Sumo term: a match declared a draw because both wrestlers are injured and cannot continue.

• 両りょう力りき士しが負ふ傷しょうし、取とり組くみは痛いたみ分わけとなった。

  Both wrestlers were injured, and the bout was declared a draw due to injury.

noun

ending in mutual damage; both sides lose

Figurative extension: a dispute or competition that ends with both parties suffering harm, with no clear winner.

• 価か格かく競きょう争そうの結けっ果かは痛いたみ分わけに終おわった。

  The price war ended with both sides suffering damage.

• 議ぎ論ろんは痛いたみ分わけで、どちらも納なっ得とくしていない。

  The debate ended in mutual damage, with neither side satisfied.