競歩
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 競 | 歩 |
| きょう Grade: 4 |
ほ Grade: 2 |
| kan'yōon | kan'on |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 競步 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
*/kjauho/ → */kjɔːho/ → /kjoːho/
May be a coinage in Japanese from Middle Chinese-derived roots, as a compound of 競 (kyō, “competition, race”) + 歩 (ho, “walking”).
First appears in texts from 1932.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN