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Meaning of 劣勢(れっせい) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 劣勢

Kana Reading れっせい

Romaji ressei

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`, adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

Meaning

inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation

Examples of 劣勢, れっせい in a sentence

あのダークホースは予備選挙の前は、劣勢でした。

The dark horse candidate was losing in the polls before the primary.

Related Kanji

劣 JLPT 1

6 strokes

inferiority, be inferior to, be worse

On'Yomi: レツ

Kun'Yomi: おと.る

勢 JLPT 2

13 strokes

forces, energy, military strength

On'Yomi: セイ, ゼイ

Kun'Yomi: いきお.い, はずみ