noun
Figure skating term for the free skating segment, where skaters perform a choreographed program to music.
フィギュアスケートの自由滑走では、選手は音楽に合わせて演技をする。
In the free skating of figure skating, athletes perform to music.
Short program; the other competitive segment in figure skating, which is shorter and has required elements.
Compound of 自由 (free) and 滑走 (gliding/skating), a calque of the English figure skating term 'free skating'.