アスレチック
also: アスレティック
Meanings
1
outdoor obstacle course; adventure course
Very common in everyday Japanese for a park or facility with climbing frames, ropes, logs, and other physical obstacles; often equivalent to フィールドアスレチック.
See also: フィールドアスレチック
The children are playing on the obstacle course in the park.
There is a wooden adventure course in the mountains.
2
Broader sports or athletic-related use. As a standalone noun this is less central than the obstacle-course sense, and it is often seen in compounds or organization names such as アスレチッククラブ.
He belongs to the university athletic club.
Usage patterns
- 〈場所〉でアスレチックを楽しむto enjoy the obstacle course at a place
My family enjoyed the obstacle course at the park.
- アスレチックに挑戦するto take on the obstacle course
The children took on the difficult obstacle course.