体操

See also: 體操

Chinese

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

Japanese

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

Etymology

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

Noun

(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

  • 医療体操(いりょうたいそう) (iryō taisō)
  • 器械体操(きかいたいそう) (kikai taisō)
  • ()体操(たいそう) (kumi taisō)
  • 国民保健体操(こくみんほけんたいそう) (kokuminhoken taisō)
  • 柔軟体操(じゅうなんたいそう) (jūnan taisō)
  • 手具体操(しゅぐたいそう) (shugu taisō)
  • 新体操(しんたいそう) (shintaisō)
  • スウェーデン体操(たいそう) (suwēden taisō)
  • ストレッチ体操(たいそう) (sutoretchi taisō, stretching (exercise))
  • 体操競技(たいそうきょうぎ) (taisō kyōgi)
  • デンマーク体操(たいそう) (denmāku taisō)
  • ドイツ体操(たいそう) (doitsu taisō)
  • 徒手体操(としゅたいそう) (toshu taisō)
  • 美容体操(びようたいそう) (biyō taisō)
  • 兵式体操(へいしきたいそう) (heishiki taisō)
  • ラジオ体操(たいそう) (rajio taisō)
  • 律動体操(りつどうたいそう) (ritsudō taisō)

Descendants

  • Indonesian: taiso

See also

Verb

(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

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  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 改訂新版 世界大百科事典 (Kaitei Shinpan Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten, Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Revised Edition)[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 2007, →ISBN
  4. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  6. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN