五ご輪りん

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

noun

Olympic Games; Olympics

Common abbreviation for the Olympic Games, used in news, conversation, and official contexts.

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉で五ご輪りんが開かい催さいされるthe Olympics are held in 〈場所〉
2021年ねんに東とう京きょうで五ご輪りんが開かい催さいされた。
The Olympics were held in Tokyo in 2021.
五ご輪りんに出しゅつ場じょうするto compete in the Olympics
彼かれは柔じゅう道どうで五ご輪りんに出しゅつ場じょうした。
He competed in the Olympics in judo.
五ご輪りんを目め指ざすto aim for the Olympics
彼かの女じょは五ご輪りんを目め指ざして毎まい日にち練れん習しゅうしている。
She practices every day, aiming for the Olympics.

Kanji

五five
輪wheel, ring, circle

Related words

オリンピックN1sense 1
オリンピック is the direct loanword for the Olympics, while 五輪 is a native kanji abbreviation meaning 'five rings' and is more common in headlines and formal writing.

Don't confuse with

五ご輪りん塔とう
五輪 refers to the Olympic Games or their five-ring symbol, while 五輪塔 is an unrelated word for a five-tiered Buddhist stone memorial; they share the kanji but differ completely in meaning.

Counted with

回かいN4
Used to count the number of Olympic Games held, e.g. 第32回オリンピック (the 32nd Olympiad).

Word family

五ご輪りん塔とう
five-ring pagoda; five-element stupa
五ご輪りんの塔とう
five-story pagoda
五ご輪りん休きゅう戦せん
Olympic truce
五ご輪りん聖せい火か
Olympic torch
五ご輪りんマーク
Olympic rings; five-ring Olympic emblem

Etymology

From 五 (five) + 輪 (ring), referring to the five interlocking rings of the Olympic symbol. The term was coined in Japan as a kanji abbreviation for the Olympic Games.