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か
勝
っても
ま
負
けても、
せいせいどうどう
正々堂々
プレイしなさい。
Whether you win or lose, you must play fair.
Grammar and points of interest
irregular verbs irregular verbs
 
来る（くる） and する
勝っても負けても、正々堂々プレイしなさい。
verb / adjective て form + も verb / adjective て form + も
 
even if ~
勝っても負けても、正々堂々プレイしなさい。
verb stem + なさい verb stem + なさい
 
'request' imperative
勝っても負けても、正々堂々プレイしなさい。
Conjugations and inflections
  勝っても is the ても form of 'tsu' godan verb 勝つ   ALL INFLECTIONS
  負けても is the ても form of ichidan verb 負ける   ALL INFLECTIONS
  プレイしなさい is the なさい imperative form of 'suru' verb プレイ   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
か つ 1
'tsu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to win; to gain victory
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ま け る 0
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to lose; to be defeated
2. to succumb; to give in; to surrender; to yield  (this meaning is restricted to form 負ける)
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せ い せ い ど う ど う 3 せ い せ い ど う ど う 0
fair and square; open and aboveboard  (yojijukugo)
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プ レ イ 2
noun, 'suru' verb, noun (suffix)
1. play; erotic play (esp. SampM)
2. pray
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Kanji
勝
ショウ   かつ to win   まさる to be better than   
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力
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
朕
チン    royal 'we', emperor's pronoun   
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⺼
ニク body part   
关
relation
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丷
eight
天
テン   あめ    あま- heaven   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
負
フ   まかす to defeat   まける to be defeated   おう to carry (on one's back)   
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貝
かい shellfish   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
⺈
corner
正
セイ   ショウ   ただしい correct   ただす to correct   まさ precise, exact   
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止
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
々
(kanji repetition symbol)   
堂
ドウ    temple, hall   
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龸
classroom
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⺌
small
冖
cover; covered   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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