和英／英和辞典 - Japanese⇔English Dictionary

1. 1. [exp] might is right; history is written by the victors; winners are always right and losers are always in the wrong; if you win you are the loyalist army, if you lose you are the rebel army (proverb)

Kanji in this word

• 勝
  victory, win, prevail, excel

  On: ショウ (shou)

  Kun: か.つ (ka.tsu)、 -が.ち (-ga.chi)、 まさ.る (masa.ru)、 すぐ.れる (sugu.reru)、 かつ (katsu)

  12 strokes · Grade 3 · JLPT N2
• 官
  bureaucrat, the government, organ

  On: カン (kan)

  8 strokes · Grade 4 · JLPT N2
• 軍
  army, force, troops, war, battle

  On: グン (gun)

  Kun: いくさ (ikusa)

  9 strokes · Grade 4 · JLPT N2
• 負
  defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility

  On: フ (fu)

  Kun: ま.ける (ma.keru)、 ま.かす (ma.kasu)、 お.う (o.u)

  9 strokes · Grade 3 · JLPT N2
• 賊
  burglar, rebel, traitor, robber

  On: ゾク (zoku)

  13 strokes · Grade 8 · JLPT N1
• 軍
  army, force, troops, war, battle

  On: グン (gun)

  Kun: いくさ (ikusa)

  9 strokes · Grade 4 · JLPT N2