体育祭

Japanese

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

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

体(たい)育(いく)祭(さい) • (taiikusai)

A sports festival held in a Japanese school.

Usage notes

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

^ 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

[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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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