体育祭

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
体	育	祭
たい Grade: 2	いく Grade: 3	さい Grade: 3
goon

Alternative spelling
體育祭 (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

体育(たいいく) (taiiku, “sports”) + 祭(さい) (sai, “festival”).

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) たいいくさい [tàííkúꜜsàì] (Nakadaka – [4])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ta̠iikɯ̟̊ᵝsa̠i]

Noun edit

体(たい)育(いく)祭(さい) • (taiikusai)

A sports festival held in a Japanese school.

Usage notes edit

Although 運動会 and 体育祭 stand for the same events, 体育祭, which is very rare in elementary schools, is more common than 運動会 in junior high schools and in senior high schools.

References edit

^ 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

[NHK-1] 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

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体育祭

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