How do you use Ippon in a sentence? See 8 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Ippon in a sentence
Ippon meaning
The highest score in judo, awarded for a throw that places the opponent on their back with impetus or for holding the opponent on their back for a number of seconds.
Using Ippon
- The main meaning on this page is: The highest score in judo, awarded for a throw that places the opponent on their back with impetus or for holding the opponent on their back for a number of seconds.
- In the example corpus, ippon often appears in combinations such as: ippon in, an ippon.
Context around Ippon
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ippon
- In this selection, "ippon" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, team, score and seionage stand out and add context to how "ippon" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include claimed the ippon with o and fernando by ippon after two. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ippon" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ippon
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Ariane Toro Soler, Spain, def. Muna Dahouk, Refugee Olympic Team, Ippon, 0:36. (13 words)
O-Khan turned up the speed, turning a strike into an ippon seionage. (13 words)
Undaunted, Malonga claimed the ippon with o-soto-gari and, for the judoka born on Christmas Day, claimed the best gift of all. (23 words)
In men's action, Francois Gauthier-Drapeau of Alma, Que., earned bronze in the men's under-81 kg weight category when he defeated Portugal's Joao Fernando by ippon after two minutes of fighting. (35 words)
Ippon is scored in ne-waza for pinning an opponent on his back with a recognised osaekomi-waza for 20 seconds or by forcing a submission through shime-waza or kansetsu-waza. (32 words)
Reigning world champion Heydarov edged French underdog Joan-Benjamin Gaba with a golden score ippon in a marathon final that lasted nine minutes and 24 seconds at Champ-de-Mars Arena. (31 words)
Example sentences (8)
In men's action, Francois Gauthier-Drapeau of Alma, Que., earned bronze in the men's under-81 kg weight category when he defeated Portugal's Joao Fernando by ippon after two minutes of fighting.
Ariane Toro Soler, Spain, def. Muna Dahouk, Refugee Olympic Team, Ippon, 0:36.
O-Khan turned up the speed, turning a strike into an ippon seionage.
Reigning world champion Heydarov edged French underdog Joan-Benjamin Gaba with a golden score ippon in a marathon final that lasted nine minutes and 24 seconds at Champ-de-Mars Arena.
But it was in the second round where he made headlines, as Boltaboev beat Nai Rigaqi of China with an ippon in just 2.88 seconds.
On the seventh day of the Tokyo World Judo Championships, 100kg Olympic Champion Lukas Krpalek was on top form, holding down Korea’s Kim Minjong for ippon in his semi-final.
Undaunted, Malonga claimed the ippon with o-soto-gari and, for the judoka born on Christmas Day, claimed the best gift of all.
Ippon is scored in ne-waza for pinning an opponent on his back with a recognised osaekomi-waza for 20 seconds or by forcing a submission through shime-waza or kansetsu-waza.
Common combinations with ippon
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- ippon in 3×
- an ippon 2×