Word Meaning 競走

きょうそう kyousou

競走 is read as きょうそう (kyousou) and means race.

Meaning

English

  1. race
  2. run
  3. dash
  4. sprint

Reading

Kana

きょうそう

Romaji

kyousou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 14053 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

競走馬

きょうそうば

racehorse

競走場

きょうそうじょう

race track

パン食い競走

ぱんくいきょうそう

game in which a dangling piece of bread is grabbed in the mouth and raced to the finish line (in school sports festivals)

駅伝競走

えきでんきょうそう

long-distance relay race

徒歩競走

とほきょうそう

footrace

徒競走

ときょうそう

foot race

障害物競走

しょうがいぶつきょうそう

obstacle race

障害競走

しょうがいきょうそう

steeplechase

中距離競走

ちゅうきょりきょうそう

middle-distance race

長距離競走

ちょうきょりきょうそう

long-distance race

短距離競走

たんきょりきょうそう

short-distance race

Example Sentences

9

I have a large hatred of the foot race.

A hare raced with a tortoise.

I don't want to be last in the foot race.

We ran a hundred-meter dash.

We raced our beetles.

I'll bet that I can beat you to the tree.

Nothing rivals his racehorse etching.

"Why don't you like sports day?" "Because I hate getting last place in the foot race!"

He gave his remembering of race horse names when he was a child as the source of his language ability.