テニス

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English tennis.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) テニス [téꜜnìsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [te̞ɲ̟isɨ]

Noun

テニス • (tenisu) 

1. tennis (sport played by two or four players with strung racquets)

Synonyms

• (rare) 庭(てい)球(きゅう) (teikyū)

Derived terms

• ソフトテニス (sofuto tenisu, “soft tennis”)