スポーツ

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 1,000

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General term for athletic activities, games, and physical competition. Used both as a standalone noun and in compounds.

スポーツをするto play/do sports
週しゅう末まつは家か族ぞくでスポーツをします。
On weekends, my family does sports together.
スポーツを観かん戦せんするto watch a sport (as a spectator)
彼かれはテレビでスポーツを観かん戦せんするのが好すきだ。
He likes watching sports on TV.
スポーツが得とく意いだto be good at sports
妹いもうとは昔むかしからスポーツが得とく意いだ。
My younger sister has always been good at sports.
スポーツ選せん手しゅになるto become a professional athlete
彼かれは将しょう来らい、スポーツ選せん手しゅになりたいと言いっている。
He says he wants to become a professional athlete in the future.

運うん動どうN4
運動 is the broader term for physical exercise or movement in general, while スポーツ specifically refers to organized athletic activities and competitive games.
競きょう技ぎN3
競技 emphasizes the competitive event or match itself, whereas スポーツ is the general category of athletic activity that includes such events.
体たい育いくN3
体育 refers specifically to physical education as a school subject or class, while スポーツ refers to sports or athletics in general.
球きゅう技ぎ
スポーツ is the general word for sports of any kind, while 球技 specifically means sports played with a ball, like soccer or tennis.

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スポ
スポ is a casual, clipped abbreviation used in speech and compounds, while スポーツ is the full, standard word appropriate in formal writing.
アスレチック
スポーツ is the general, everyday word for sports or athletics, whereas アスレチック in this sense is narrower and mostly appears in compounds like アスレチッククラブ.

スポーツカーN1
スポーツ means 'sports' in general, while スポーツカー is a specific type of car and not a kind of sport.
スポット
スポット and スポーツ are similar-sounding katakana loanwords, but スポット means a spot or location while スポーツ means sports.

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Loanword from English 'sports', borrowed in the early 20th century as Western sports were introduced to Japan.