スポーツsupootsu

JLPT N5approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounsport; sports
    ところであなたはどんなスポーツが好すきですか。↗
    Well, what sports do you like?
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related運動うんどうNeutralBroader than 「スポーツ」: moving the body for health or exercise, and also social or political campaigns; it lacks the focus on competition and recreation.
  • Related運動競技うんどうきょうぎWrittenA Sino-Japanese term for competitive sports played under set rules; mostly confined to written or formal prose rather than everyday speech.

For sports in general, 「スポーツ」 is the default. Use 「運動」 for physical activity done for health, and 「運動競技」 when writing formally about competitive sport.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 余暇よか活動かつどうや競争きょうそう、体力たいりょくづくりなどの目的もくてきで行おこなわれる身体しんたい運動うんどうの総称そうしょう。
  2. (1.の拡張かくちょう)競技きょうぎ。
English equivalents

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