延長戦(えんちょうせん)

えんちょうせん
noun
extra innings, overtime, extended play
1. extra innings, overtime, extended play
Additional play time when a game is tied at the end of regulation. In baseball, this means extra innings; in soccer, this means extra time periods.
試合(しあい)は延長戦(えんちょうせん)にもつれ込(こ)んだ。
The game went into overtime.
両(りょう)チームとも譲(ゆず)らず、試合(しあい)は延長戦(えんちょうせん)に突入(とつにゅう)した。
Neither team would give in and the match went into extra time.
延長戦(えんちょうせん)の末(すえ)、ホームチームがサヨナラ勝(が)ちした。
After overtime, the home team won on a walk-off.

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COLLOCATIONS:

  • 延長戦(えんちょうせん)に入(はい)る (to go into overtime)
  • 延長戦(えんちょうせん)にもつれ込(こ)む (to drag into overtime)
  • 延長戦(えんちょうせん)の末(すえ) (after overtime)
  • 延長戦(えんちょうせん)を制(せい)する (to win in overtime)

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Related: 延長(えんちょう) (base word)
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Added 2026.1.18 8:50 · Revised 2026.7.19 12:20
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