fancy diving; acrobatic diving
Refers to diving with acrobatic or ornamental movements, as opposed to a plain jump. Used in contexts like swimming, diving competitions, or playful jumps into water.
No fancy diving in the pool.
He is good at fancy diving.
Compound of 曲 (kyoku, 'bent, twisted, acrobatic') and 飛び (tobi, 'jump, dive'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term transparently describes a dive with acrobatic or non-straight movements.