騎馬戦

Japanese


Kanji in this term
騎 馬 戦
き
Grade: S 		ば
Grade: 2 		せん
Grade: 4
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
騎馬戰 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 騎馬 (kiba, “[on] horseback, mounted”) +‎ 戦 (sen, “battle, fight”).[1][2] Literally, “cavalry battle”.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きばせん [kìbáséń] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [kʲiba̠sẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

騎(き)馬(ば)戦(せん) • (kibasen) 

  1. A kind of chicken fight: a Japanese game, in which one person “rides” on top of a group of supporters while wearing a hat or flag, which the person tries to defend, while their team attempts to grab the opposing team's hat or flag.

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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