選手権

Japanese

Kanji in this term
せん
Grade: 4
しゅ
Grade: 1
けん
Grade: 6
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
選手權 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 選手(せんしゅ) (senshu) + (けん) (ken). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “why 権 "rights"?”)

Pronunciation

Noun

(せん)(しゅ)(けん) • (senshuken) せんしゆけん (sensyuken)?

  1. championship (position of champion, or winner)

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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