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Japanese symbol for “deathmatch”

Romaji: desumatchi
death match; deathmatch

In Japanese, deathmatch is (desumatchi).

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Meanings

  1. n death match; deathmatch (prowres)
  2. n fight to the finish; desperate struggle; life-and-death struggle

Written forms: . Readings: .

Other Japanese words for “deathmatch”

WordReadingMeaning
しあい shiaifight to the death; mortal combat; deathmatch

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.