Translation guide
The sport or activity involving exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, and coordination, often on apparatus like bars, beam, or floor.
Referring to the competitive sport with events like floor exercise, vault, uneven bars, etc.
General term for gymnastics as a sport or physical exercise. Can refer to artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, or general calisthenics.
彼女は体操の選手です。
She is a gymnastics athlete.
体操競技を見るのが好きです。
I like watching gymnastics competitions.
Specifically artistic gymnastics using apparatus (vault, bars, beam, floor, rings, etc.). More precise than 体操 when distinguishing from rhythmic or general exercise.
器械体操の床運動で金メダルを取った。
He won a gold medal in the floor exercise of artistic gymnastics.
Formal term for gymnastics as a competitive sport. Often used in official contexts.
オリンピックの体操競技は人気があります。
Gymnastics events at the Olympics are popular.
Referring to gymnastic exercises for fitness, flexibility, or warm-up, not necessarily competitive.
Also used for general physical exercises, calisthenics, or warm-up routines, like radio calisthenics (ラジオ体操).
毎朝ラジオ体操をしています。
I do radio calisthenics every morning.
準備体操をしてから走りましょう。
Let's do warm-up exercises before running.
Often used for flexibility exercises, which are a key part of gymnastics training. Not a direct translation but commonly associated.
Specifically the sport combining dance and apparatus like ribbon, hoop, ball.
The standard term for rhythmic gymnastics. Distinct from artistic gymnastics (器械体操).
新体操のリボンの演技は美しいです。
Rhythmic gymnastics ribbon routines are beautiful.
Referring to gymnastics in an educational or extracurricular context.
Gymnastics club (in school). Use this when talking about the club activity.
高校で体操部に入りました。
I joined the gymnastics club in high school.
Physical education class, which may include gymnastic activities. Not specific to gymnastics but often the context.
体育の授業でマット運動をした。
We did mat exercises in PE class.
体操 is the broad term covering all types of gymnastics and general exercises. 器械体操 specifically means artistic gymnastics with apparatus. 新体操 is rhythmic gymnastics. Use 体操 for most everyday contexts unless you need to be precise.
体操教室に通っています。
I go to a gymnastics class.
器械体操の平行棒が得意です。
I'm good at parallel bars in artistic gymnastics.
体育 (たいいく) means physical education in general, not specifically gymnastics. If you say 「体育をしました」 it means you did PE class, not necessarily gymnastics.
彼女は5歳から体操をしています。
She has been doing gymnastics since she was five.
体操チームが優勝しました。
The gymnastics team won the championship.
体操の前にストレッチをしっかりやります。
I do thorough stretching before gymnastics.