距離競技

Japanese

Kanji in this term
距	離	競	技
きょ Grade: S	り Grade: S	きょう Grade: 4	ぎ Grade: 5
kan'on	on'yomi	kan'on	goon

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

距(きょ)離(り)競(きょう)技(ぎ) • (kyori kyōgi) ^{←きよりきやうぎ (kyorikyaugi)^?}

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

References

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