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国民体育大会 (kokumintaiikutaikai) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

国こく民みん体たい育いく大たい会かい

also: こくたい

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Meanings

1

National Sports Festival of Japan

Official full name of Japan's annual national multi-sport event, commonly abbreviated as 国体.

See also: 国体

今年ことしの国こく民みん体たい育いく大たい会かいは北ほっ海かい道どうで開かい催

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This year's National Sports Festival will be held in Hokkaido.

国こく民みん体たい育いく大たい会かいは毎まい年とし、各かく都と道どう府ふ県けんの持もち回まわりで行おこなわれている。

The National Sports Festival is held annually, rotating among the prefectures.

Kanji

国country
民people, nation, subjects
体body, substance, object
育bring up, grow up, raise
大large, big
会meeting, meet, party

Related words

国こく体たい
国民体育大会 is the full official name of the event, while 国体 (sense 2) is the everyday abbreviation used in speech and writing.

Written forms

国こく民みん体たい育いく大たい会かい
Standard kanji spelling for the full official name.
国こく体たい
Common abbreviation; also used for 'national polity' in other contexts.

Etymology

Compound of 国民 (kokumin, 'nation's people'), 体育 (taiiku, 'physical education'), and 大会 (taikai, 'convention' or 'meet'). The abbreviation 国体 (kokutai) is formed from the first characters of 国民 and 体育.