Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
きょ
Grade: S

Grade: S
きょう
Grade: 4

Grade: 5
kan’on on’yomi kan’on goon

Etymology edit

Compound of 距離 (kyori, distance) +‎ 競技 (kyōgi, competition, game, match).[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) きょりきょーぎ [kyòrí kyóꜜògì] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA(key): [kʲo̞ɾʲi kʲo̞ːɡʲi]

Noun edit

(きょ)()(きょう)() (kyori kyōgiきよりきやうぎ (kyorikyaugi)?

  1. a long-distance cross-country skiing race (such as at the Olympics)

References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN