勝負

しょうぶ
victory or defeat, match, contest

Reading

Readingしょうぶ
N2 VocabJLPT N2
Kanji勝負

Meanings

  1. victory or defeat
  2. match
  3. contest
  4. game
  5. bout
  1. showdownn.vs.vi.

Synonyms

勝ち負け勝敗

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

夏休みの宿題は、いつまで「持ってくるのを忘れた」と言い続けられるかが勝負
なつやすみのしゅくだいは、いつまで「もってくるのをわすれた」といいつづけられるかがしょうぶThe question is how long I can keep saying 'I forgot to bring it' for summer homework.
スキー旅行の前日で、いよいよ勝負の日がやってくるといったところだった。
すきーりょこうのぜんじつで、いよいよしょうぶのひがやってくるといったところだった。It was the day before the ski trip, the decisive day was approaching.
よそで勝負した方がいい
よそでしょうぶしたほうがいいMaybe it's better to try somewhere else.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke order

勝
負

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 勝負

The whole word, one canvas per character — with a guide, then twice from memory, every character checked