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ホースレース

Meanings

1

noun

horse race

Loanword from English; used in contexts like sports, betting, or metaphorical competition.

週しゅう末まつにホースレースを見みに行いった。
I went to see a horse race on the weekend.

Written forms

ホース・レース
- ホースレース
  Variant with a middle dot, sometimes used for clarity or in dictionaries.
- ホース・レース

Similar words

競けい馬ば
競馬 is the standard Japanese word for horse racing, while ホースレース is a direct loanword often used in international or metaphorical contexts.

Etymology

Borrowed from English 'horse race'.