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体育館 (taiikukan) Japanese meaning: gymnasium | Kotomora

体たい育いく館かん

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Common word›JLPTN3›Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

A large indoor space for sports, physical education, or events. The reading たいくかん is an irregular colloquial shortening.

体たい育いく館かんでバスケットボールの練れん習しゅうをした。

We practiced basketball in the gymnasium.

入にゅう学がく式しきは体たい育いく館かんで行おこなわれます。

The entrance ceremony will be held in the gymnasium.

Usage patterns

体たい育いく館かんで〈事こと〉が行おこなわれるan event is held in the gym
体たい育いく館かんで卒そつ業ぎょう式しきが行おこなわれた。
The graduation ceremony was held in the gym.
体たい育いく館かんを借かりるto reserve/rent the gym
週しゅう末まつ、体たい育いく館かんを借かりてバスケをした。
We rented the gym on the weekend to play basketball.
体たい育いく館かんに集しゅう合ごうするto gather in the gym
全ぜん員いん、朝ちょう礼れいのために体たい育いく館かんに集しゅう合ごうした。
Everyone gathered in the gym for the morning assembly.

Kanji

体body, substance, object
育bring up, grow up, raise
館building, mansion, large building

Related words

ジムN4
ジム refers to a private fitness or training facility, while 体育館 is a larger school or public gymnasium used for sports and events.
講こう堂どうN4
体育館 is a gymnasium primarily built for sports but often doubles as an assembly space, while 講堂 is built specifically for lectures and ceremonies.

Don't confuse with

体たい育いくN3
体育 means physical education as a subject or activity, whereas 体育館 is the building where such activities take place.

Counted with

棟とうN1
Counts whole buildings; the formal reading used in official contexts like real-estate listings and hospitals.
棟むね
Counts whole buildings (one roof); the everyday native reading.

Built from

体たい育いく+館かん

Written forms

体育館
- たいいくかん
  Standard kanji spelling.
- たいくかん
  irregular kana usage
たいくかん
irregular kana usage

Etymology

Compound of 体育 (physical education) and 館 (hall, building).