Word Meaning 陸上

りくじょう rikujou

陸上 is read as りくじょう (rikujou) and means track-and-field events.

Meaning

English

  1. track-and-field events
  2. (on) land
  3. ground
  4. shore

Reading

Kana

りくじょう

Romaji

rikujou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Synonyms 地上 Antonyms 海上,水上 Rank 2122 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

陸上競技

りくじょうきょうぎ

track-and-field events

陸上作戦本部

りくじょうさくせんほんぶ

tactical operations center

陸上部

りくじょうぶ

track and field club

陸上輸送

りくじょうゆそう

overland transport

陸上植物

りくじょうしょくぶつ

land plant

世界陸上

せかいりくじょう

World Championships in Athletics

陸上自衛隊

りくじょうじえいたい

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force

陸上運送保険

りくじょううんそうほけん

land transportation insurance

陸上幕僚監部

りくじょうばくりょうかんぶ

Ground Staff Office

陸上端局装置

りくじょうたんきょくそうち

land terminal equipment (of a submarine cable)

上陸

じょうりく

landing

Example Sentences

10

かれはりくじょうきょうぎをしている。

He is participating in track and field.

りくじょうでのせいかつはたいへんだ。

Life on land is tough.

わたしはりくじょうでぼうけんしたい。

I want to adventure on land.

The elephant is the largest land animal.

The track meet was called off on account of the heavy rain.

He acquitted himself admirably at the track meet.

The track club was the only place where I could be myself.

In the past accidents have occurred where shells fell outside of the firing range area used for exercises by the JGSDF.

Penguins look strange when they waddle on land, but the way they swim so smoothly through the water is pretty cool.

When I was in middle school, I had a friend in the track club who normally studied 3 hours a day. He didn't speed up the pace before tests. On the contrary, he didn't have any club activities and so had lot of free time, so before the test we would go to his house and play video games every day. If we hadn't done that, I would have gotten better grades too.