Match

"Match" in Japanese

マッチ

matchi

(device to make fire)

回戦

kaisen

(sporting event)

火柴

kashiba

(device to make fire)

燐寸

matchi

(device to make fire)

競技

kyōgi

(sporting event)

試合

shiai

(sporting event)

合う

(intransitive: to agree; to be equal)

合わせる

awaseru

(make a successful pairing)

敵う

kanau

(equal or exceed in achievement)

Complement vs Compliment: Meaning, Memory Trick, Examples

Stop mixing up complement and compliment with one memory pattern and contextual examples.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.