ippon

British

/ ˈɪpɒn /

noun

judo karate a winning point awarded in a sparring competition for a perfectly executed technique

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Etymology

Origin of ippon

C20: Japanese, literally: one point

Example Sentences

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He reeled off three ippon, which included a kick to Kalnins’s head.

From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2021

Tashiro is the No. 3-ranked player in her weight class, but she lost by ippon midway through her second bout.

From Washington Post • Jul. 26, 2021

Nora Gjakova won Kosovo’s second gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics with an ippon victory over France’s Sarah Leonie Cysique.

From Washington Times • Jul. 26, 2021

Turkey's Bilal Çiloğlu, the world's No. 9 lightweight, screamed and put his fists to his head after Ono pinned him helplessly to the tatami for an ippon, his wails echoing down the corridors.

From Fox News • Jul. 26, 2021

The enumeration of pieces of wood, reeds, and needles is done by placing fon after the numeral; e.g., ippon 'one item,' nifon 'two,' sanbon 'three,' roppon 'six,' jippon 'ten,' fiappon 'one hundred,' xenbon 'one thousand.'

From Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language by Spear, Richard L.

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