Word Meaning 五輪

ごりん gorin

五輪 is read as ごりん (gorin) and means Olympic rings.

Meaning

English

Olympic rings
Olympic Games
Olympics

Reading

Kana

ごりん

Romaji

gorin

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 9925 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

五輪大会

ごりんたいかい

Olympic Games

五輪書

ごりんのしょ

The Book of Five Rings (martial arts treatise by Miyamoto Musashi, 1643)

五輪休戦

ごりんきゅうせん

Olympic truce

五輪マーク

ごりんまーく

five-ring Olympic emblem

五輪塔

ごりんとう

five-part gravestone representing earth, water, fire, wind and heaven

五輪の塔

ごりんのとう

five-story pagoda

東京五輪

とうきょうごりん

Tokyo Olympics

北京五輪

ぺきんごりん

Beijing Olympics

パラ五輪

ぱらごりん

Paralympics

リオ五輪

りおごりん

Rio Olympics (2016)

夏季五輪

かきごりん

Summer Olympics

冬季五輪

とうきごりん

Winter Olympic Games

Example Sentences

五輪旗の右端の輪っかって何色だったっけか？

What color is the far right ring on the Olympic flag?

肥大化、過度の商業化などの問題も抱えて、五輪は新世紀に向かう。

Despite the problems of excessive commercialization, etc. the Olympics will go forward into the new century.

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