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駅伝競走 (えきでんきょうそう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

駅えき伝でん競きょう走そう

also: えきでん

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Meanings

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long-distance relay race; ekiden

A road relay race where team members run successive legs, passing a sash (tasuki). The full term 駅伝競走 is formal; 駅伝 is the everyday word.

箱はこ根ね駅えき伝でんは毎まい年とし正しょう月がつに行おこなわれる有ゆう名めいな

駅えき

伝でん

競きょう

走そう

です

。

The Hakone Ekiden is a famous long-distance relay race held every New Year.

駅えき伝でん競きょう走そうでは、選せん手しゅがたすきをつないで走はしります。

In a long-distance relay race, runners pass a sash as they run.

Kanji

駅station
伝transmit, go along, walk along
競emulate, compete with, bid
走run

Related words

駅えき伝でん
駅伝競走 is the full, formal name for the race, while 駅伝 is the common abbreviation used in everyday speech and news.

Built from

駅えき伝でん+競きょう走そう

Written forms

駅えき伝でん競きょう走そう
Full formal term for a long-distance relay race, especially the ekiden format.
駅えき伝でん
Common abbreviation used in everyday speech and media.

Etymology

Compound of 駅 (station, post town) and 伝 (transmit, relay), reflecting the historical courier system where messages were relayed between stations. 競走 means 'race'.