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大回転競技 (だいかいてんきょうぎ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

大だい回かい転てん競きょう技ぎ

だ

い

か

い

て

ん

きょ

う

ぎ

Meanings

1

giant slalom; GS

Skiing event where skiers race between widely spaced gates. The abbreviation GS is common in sports contexts.

彼

かれ

は

大だい

回かい

転てん

競きょう

技ぎ

で

金きん

メダル

を

取と

っ

た

。

He won the gold medal in the giant slalom.

大だい回かい転てん競きょう技ぎは回かい転てん競きょう技ぎより旗き門もんの間かん隔かくが広ひろい。

In giant slalom, the gates are spaced farther apart than in slalom.

Kanji

大large, big
回-times, round, game
転revolve, turn around, change
競emulate, compete with, bid
技skill, art, craft

Related words

回かい転てん競きょう技ぎ
Slalom event with narrower, more frequent gates, requiring quicker turns.
スーパー大だい回かい転てん
Super giant slalom (Super-G), with even wider gates and higher speeds than giant slalom.

Built from

大だい回かい転てん+

Etymology

Compound of 大 (large) + 回転 (rotation, turning) + 競技 (competition), literally 'large-turn competition', referring to the wide turns in giant slalom.

競きょう技ぎ