引分け: 6 Terms and Phrases

• 引分け
• draw (in competition)
• tie game
• standoff

• 引分ける
• to pull apart
• to separate

• 明治天皇のリクエストで大達羽左エ門との割が組まれたが大熱戦の末に引分けた。
• A bout was scheduled between him and Uzaemon ODATE at the request of the Emperor Meiji, and they put up a hard fight which ended in a draw.

• 「源左衛門直綱との試合の結果、武蔵が額から大出血し、直綱勝利と引分けの2つの意見が出た。
• Musashi fought with Genzaemon Naotsuna and bled badly from cuts on the forehead, so some umpires judged Naotsuna had won and some umpires judged it should be a draw.

• 「三分の二」とは、「打起し」から「引分け」てくる間、矢の高さが眉毛のあたりになった時に一度動きを止める動作である。
• When executing 'Sambun-no-ni' the arrow is held without moving momentarily when the arrow is positioned around the level of the eyebrow during 'Uchiokoshi' (anchoring) to the move of 'Hikiwake' (drawing).

• かつては「勝負なき日と知るべし」といわれ、勝負事で何事も引分けになる日、つまり「共引」とされており、現在のような意味はなかった。
• Once it was said that 'the day should be known to end in a stalemate,' and was said to be the day when all the games end in a draw, that is, 'tomobiki' (both sides end in a draw) and it did not have the present-day meaning.