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棒高跳び (boutakatobi) Japanese meaning: pole vault | Kotomora

棒ぼう高たか跳とび

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Meanings

1

pole vault

The athletic event of pole vaulting.

彼かれは棒ぼう高たか跳とびで日本にほん記き録ろくを更こう新しんした。

He broke the Japanese record in the pole vault.

棒ぼう高たか跳とびの選せん手しゅはとても高たかいバーを飛とび越こえる。

Pole vaulters jump over very high bars.

Kanji

棒rod, stick, cane
高tall, high, expensive
跳hop, leap up, spring

Don't confuse with

走はしり高たか跳とび
走り高跳び is jumping over a bar unaided, whereas 棒高跳び (pole vault) uses a pole to help clear the bar.

Built from

棒ぼう+高たか跳とび

Etymology

Compound of 棒 (bō, 'pole'), 高 (taka, 'high'), and 跳び (tobi, 'jump').