Translation guide
How to express 'exercises' in Japanese, covering physical training, practice problems, and military drills.
The speaker wants to refer to physical activities done to improve health, fitness, or strength.
General term for physical exercise or sports. Covers a wide range of activities.
I exercise every day.
I started going to the gym because I wasn't getting enough exercise.
Refers to gymnastics, calisthenics, or structured physical exercises, often done in a group or as a routine.
I do radio calisthenics every morning.
Let's do warm-up exercises before running.
Loanword from English, often used for specific fitness routines or trendy workouts.
This exercise works your abs.
Short for 筋力トレーニング (strength training). Used specifically for muscle-building exercises.
I've been into strength training lately.
The speaker wants to refer to exercises in a textbook, workbook, or practice for a skill.
Standard term for practice exercises or drills in an educational context.
Please solve these exercises.
Often used for university-level exercises, seminars, or practical training sessions.
Loanword for repetitive drill exercises, often used in language or math learning.
Sometimes used for language learning exercises in textbooks, but less common than 練習問題.
The speaker wants to refer to military training exercises.
運動 is the broadest term for physical activity. 体操 implies structured, often group exercises like calisthenics. エクササイズ is a trendy loanword for specific fitness routines.
練習問題 is the everyday term for textbook exercises. 演習 is more formal and often used for university seminars or military drills.
The exercises in the textbook are too easy.
来週の演習の準備をしてください。
Please prepare for next week's exercises.
I do kanji drills every day.
Let's check the grammar with this exercise.
Explicitly 'military exercises', often used in news.
Large-scale military exercises have begun.