How to say "conditioning" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- nounCovers physical conditioning: preparing and maintaining the body through exercise, training, and rest, especially in sports, fitness, and health contexts. A katakana loanword; the word you want for this athletic sense.
- 条件づけじょうけんづけnounCovers conditioning in the psychology sense: shaping responses or behavior by pairing stimuli with rewards or punishments, as in classical and operant conditioning. Not the word for physical training or fitness.
Use 「コンディショニング」 for physical conditioning—preparing the body through exercise and training, as in sports and fitness—and 「条件づけ」 for psychological conditioning, the behavioral-science sense of shaping responses through stimuli and rewards.
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