<entry id="2272780" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>1631160</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>公式戦</keb>
<ke_pri>news1</ke_pri>
<ke_pri>nf09</ke_pri>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>こうしきせん</reb>
<re_pri>news1</re_pri>
<re_pri>nf09</re_pri>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<field>&sports;</field>
<gloss>official match</gloss>
<gloss>regular game</gloss>
<gloss>regular-season game</gloss>
<gloss>formal match</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2020-10-23 21:36:40" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Aligning.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -15,0 +16 @@
+&lt;field&gt;&amp;sports;&lt;/field&gt;
@@ -17 +18 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;pennant race&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;regular-season game&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-07-10 17:18:17" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_detl>I think this could be translated with a wider net, 公式 = official (i.e. not informal) so basically anything that sports officials take note of qualifies

For example, in football a Champions League match would qualify as 公式戦 but probably few translators would translate it as "regular game"</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>https://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=%E5%85%AC%E5%BC%8F%E6%88%A6</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -16,0 +17 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;official (formal) match&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-07-11 11:23:28" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>The JEs all say "regular" but official seems to work.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -17 +17 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;official (formal) match&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;official match&lt;/gloss&gt;
@@ -19,0 +20 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;formal match&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>