Japanese related to sports!!

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Hello everyone!
The Olympics have finally started!

I’m sad to say that even though the Olympics were held in Japan, there was no excitement at all because of COVID-19….

But anyway it’s the Olympics, let’s study some words related to sports today!

Let’s start with the different types of sports!

〈The sports are pronounced the same as English〉
・テニス / Tennis
・サッカー / Soccer
・バレーボール / Volleyball
・バドミントン / Badminton
・バスケットボール / Basketball
・サーフィン / Surfing
・ゴルフ / Golf

〈The sports that differ from the English pronunciation〉

・野球 / やきゅう / yakyuu / Baseball
・水泳 / すいえい / suiei / Swimming
・卓球 / たっきゅう / takkyuu / Table tennis
・体操 / たいそう / taisou / Gymnastics artistic
・陸上 / りくじょう / rikujou / Athletics

Next, words related to games!

勝つ / かつ / katsu / win
負ける / まける / makeru / lose
引き分け / ひきわけ / hikiwake / draw

Let’s look at some example sentences using the above words!

(1)

Japan won the baseball game against the United States.
日本はアメリカとの野球の試合で勝った
Nihon wa America tono shiai de katta.

*試合(しあい) / game, アメリカ / United States


(2)

The tennis match between Canada and England was a draw.
カナダとイギリスのテニスの試合は引き分けだった。
Canada to Igirisu no tennis no shiai wa hikiwake datta.

*カナダ / Canada, イギリス / England(UK)

(3)

Japan always loses to Korea in vol.
日本はいつもバレーボールの試合で韓国に負ける
Nihon wa itsumo volley ball no shiai de kankoku ni makeru.

*いつも / always, 韓国(かんこく) / Korea


If you have any questions, just leave a comment!

Let’s make the Olympics more exciting together!
See you next time!<3

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