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試合

Game


Meaning

Game, Match

Word Type

noun, verbal noun

Explanation

An attempt to join together isn't just any get together. Imagine two people boxing. They attempt to knock each other out when they join together. That's why this word is game or match. Did you watch the 試合 today? No! Don't tell me what happened, I recorded it on the VHS.


Reading

しあい

Explanation

This word uses the on'yomi し for 試 and the kun'yomi あい for 合, which you learned with 場合. So you should be able to put them together!


Context

Patterns of Use

Common Word Combinations

  • 試合をする

    to play a match

    試合を見る

    to watch a match

    試合を行う

    to carry out a match

  • 試合に負ける

    to lose a match

    試合に勝つ

    to win a match

    試合に出る

    to play in a match

  • 試合で負ける

    to lose a match

    試合で使う

    to use in matches

    試合で勝つ

    to win a match

  • 練習試合

    practice match

    完全試合

    perfect game

    消化試合

    dead rubber match

Context Sentences

良かったらもう一試合しませんか?

If you don't mind, why don't we play another game together?

サッカーの試合はどうでしたか?

How was the soccer game?

「あの野球の試合は本当にひどかったね。」「本当にそうだね。」

"That baseball game was really terrible." "Yeah, tell me about it."


Kanji Composition