See also: 體操

Chinese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 體操 (“gymnastics”).
(This term is the simplified form of 體操).
Notes:

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
たい
Grade: 2
そう
Grade: 6
goon on’yomi
Alternative spelling
體操 (kyūjitai)
 
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Etymology edit

Apparently coined in Japanese from Middle Chinese-derived elements, as a compound of (tai, body) +‎ (, control, manipulate). First cited in education-related materials from the early Meiji Period in the early 1870s, as part of educational reforms that included the addition of physical education to school curricula.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(たい)(そう) (taisōたいさう (taisau)?

  1. [from 1873] gymnastics, exercises, calisthenics
    テレビを()ながら体操(たいそう)をする
    terebi o mi nagara taisō o suru
    do exercises while watching TV
  2. [1873 to late 1940s] (archaic, education) physical education, PE (replaced by the term 体育 (taiiku))

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Indonesian: taiso

See also edit

Verb edit

(たい)(そう)する (taisō suruたいさう (taisau)?suru (stem (たい)(そう) (taisō shi), past (たい)(そう)した (taisō shita))

  1. do gymnastics, exercises, calisthenics

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. ^ 体操”, in 日本大百科全書:ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, Encyclopedia Nipponica)[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
  3. ^ 体操”, in 世界大百科事典 第2版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition)[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
  4. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  6. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997) 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN