総そう当あたり戦せん

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Meanings

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noun

round-robin tournament; round-robin competition

A competition format where every participant or team plays against every other participant or team.

この大たい会かいは総そう当あたり戦せんで行おこなわれる。
This tournament will be held in a round-robin format.
総そう当あたり戦せんの結けっ果か、Aチームが優ゆう勝しょうし

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。

As a result of the round-robin competition, Team A won.

Written forms

総そう当あたり戦せん
Standard kanji spelling.
総そう当あたり戦せん
Variant with simplified okurigana.

Kanji

総general, whole, all
当hit, right, appropriate
戦war, battle, match

Similar words

リーグ戦せん
リーグ戦 is a league competition, which often uses a round-robin format but may include multiple rounds or a longer season. 総当たり戦 specifically emphasizes that every participant faces every other participant.
トーナメント戦せん
トーナメント戦 is a knockout tournament where losers are eliminated, unlike 総当たり戦 where all participants play each other.

Etymology

Compound of 総当たり (そうあたり, 'all-against-all') + 戦 (せん, 'match' or 'competition'). 総当たり itself is from 総 (そう, 'all') + 当たり (あたり, 'hitting' or 'matching').