勝てば官軍、負ければ賊軍

勝つかつ

Common Godan Intransitive

English jmdict

Godan verb with 'tsu' endingintransitive verb to win;to gain victory

この病気に勝てる人は少ない。

Not many survive this disease.

Other forms 克つ【かつ】 (rarely used kanji form) · 贏つ【かつ】 (rarely used kanji form)

expressions (phrases proverb might is right;history is written by the victors;winners are always right and losers are always in the wrong;if you win you are the loyalist army, if you lose you are the rebel army

Other forms 勝てば官軍負ければ賊軍【かてばかんぐん、まければぞくぐん】 (search-only kanji form)

Kanji

勝

victory, win, prevail, excel

12 strokes Grade 3 freq #185

Kun

か.つ · -が.ち · まさ.る · すぐ.れる · かつ

ショウ

Names

かち · と · よし

官

bureaucrat, the government, organ

8 strokes Grade 4 freq #230

Kun

カン

軍

army, force, troops, war, battle

9 strokes Grade 4 freq #189

Kun

いくさ

グン

負

defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility

9 strokes Grade 3 freq #443

Kun

ま.ける · ま.かす · お.う

フ

賊

burglar, rebel, traitor, robber

13 strokes Grade 8 freq #2045

Kun

ゾク

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