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体たい育いく館かん

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

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noun

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.

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

Kanji

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

Similar words

ジム
ジム usually refers to a fitness gym or training facility, while 体育館 is a larger school or public gymnasium for sports and events.
体たい育いく
体育 means physical education as a subject or activity; 体育館 is the building where it takes place.

Etymology

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