部活

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
かつ
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かつ [bùkátsú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [bɯ̟ka̠t͡sɨ]

Noun

()(かつ) • (bukatsu

  1. clipping of 部活動 (bukatsudō): extracurricular activity; school club
    • 2015 August 3, Daniel Morales, “Jiko-PR gives job seekers a rare chance to brag in Japanese”, in The Japan Times[1] (in English), retrieved 11 April 2023:
      My own theory [...] is that the jiko-PR tradition is strongly intertwined with the ōendan (応援団, cheerleading team) and bukatsu (部活, school club/sports) culture in Japanese schools.