平ひら泳およぎ

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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noun

breaststroke

The standard Japanese term for the breaststroke swimming style.

彼かれは平ひら泳およぎが得とく意いだ。

He is good at the breaststroke.

水すい泳えいの授じゅ業ぎょうで平ひら泳およぎを習ならった。

We learned the breaststroke in swimming class.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が平ひら泳およぎで泳およぐto swim using the breaststroke
彼かの女じょは平ひら泳およぎで50メートルを泳およいだ。
She swam 50 meters using the breaststroke.
平ひら泳およぎを習ならうto learn the breaststroke
子こ供どものころ、平ひら泳およぎを習ならった。
I learned the breaststroke when I was a child.

Kanji

平even, flat, peace
泳swim

Related words

ブレスト
平泳ぎ is the standard Japanese term for the breaststroke, while ブレスト is a casual abbreviation of the English loanword ブレストストローク used mainly among swimmers.

Don't confuse with

背せ泳およぎ
平泳ぎ is the breaststroke (frog-like arm and leg motion), while 背泳ぎ is the backstroke swum on one's back.
バタフライ
平泳ぎ (breaststroke) uses a frog kick and simultaneous arm sweep, while バタフライ (butterfly) uses a dolphin kick and simultaneous overhead arm stroke.
クロール
平泳ぎ (breaststroke) is slower with symmetrical strokes, while クロール (front crawl) uses alternating arm strokes and is the fastest common stroke.
自じ由ゆう形がた
自由形 lets swimmers use any stroke, whereas 平泳ぎ is a separate, rule-defined event using only the breaststroke.

Built from

平ひら+泳およぐ

Written forms

平ひら泳およぎUsage99%
Standard kanji spelling for the breaststroke swimming style.
ひらおよぎUsage1%

Etymology

Compound of 平 (hira, 'flat') and 泳ぎ (oyogi, 'swimming'), referring to the flat, horizontal body position and symmetrical arm/leg movements of the breaststroke.