Word Meaning 体操

たいそう taisou

体操 is read as たいそう (taisou) and means artistic gymnastics.

Meaning

English

  1. artistic gymnastics
  2. gymnastics competition
  3. gymnastics
  4. physical exercises
  5. physical education (class)
  6. PE

Reading

Kana

たいそう

Romaji

taisou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 2672 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

体操場

たいそうじょう

gymnasium

体操着

たいそうぎ

gym clothes

体操競技

たいそうきょうぎ

gymnastics competition

体操座り

たいそうずわり

sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)

体操服

たいそうふく

gym clothes

柔軟体操

じゅうなんたいそう

calisthenics

器械体操

きかいたいそう

apparatus gymnastics

新体操

しんたいそう

rhythmic gymnastics

整理体操

せいりたいそう

cooling down (exercises)

組体操

くみたいそう

coordinated group gymnastics (in which teams form pyramids or other shapes)

美容体操

びようたいそう

calisthenics

逆子体操

さかごたいそう

exercise regime to convert breech presentation

Example Sentences

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It's time for gymnastics!

He is good at gymnastics.

Tom is a gymnastics teacher.

I don't like changing into my gym clothes.

I exercise every day.

I'm looking for a gym suit for my sister.

I like to see a gymnast do the giant swing on the high bar.

And also the gym uniform is still gym shorts, isn't it? I wonder why.

In schools everywhere sports-wear is all spats and shorts.

At the beginning, I was bored with radio gymnastics, but now I do not dislike it.