勝つ
かつ · katsu
To win, to gain victory
Other ways to say “to win” in Japanese →
high first, then falls · what is pitch accent?
Example sentences
彼女は、毎日練習をして、試合に勝った。
かのじょは、まいにちれんしゅうをして、しあいにかった。
She practiced every day and won the match.
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 勝ちますかちます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 勝ちませんかちません |
| Polite past (ました) | 勝ちましたかちました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 勝ちませんでしたかちませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 勝ちましょうかちましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 勝ちかち |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 勝ちたいかちたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 勝ちながらかちながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 勝ってかって |
| Plain past (た形) | 勝ったかった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 勝ったらかったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 勝っているかっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 勝たないかたない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 勝たなかったかたなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 勝たなくてかたなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 勝てるかてる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 勝てばかてば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 勝てかて |
| Volitional (意向形) | 勝とうかとう |
| Passive (受身形) | 勝たれるかたれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 勝たせるかたせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 勝たされるかたされる |
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What does 勝つ mean?
To win, to gain victory.
How do you pronounce 勝つ?
かつ (katsu). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 勝つ?
JLPT N4 — upper beginner. See the JLPT N4 guide.
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