KANJI
SPORTS
You might be
surprised
NOTE: Almost all foreign sports are written in katakana, however they all have kanji! The names in red are the most used
CLICK ON THE UNDERLINED KANJI FOR EXPLANATION TO THE RIGHT
スポーツ supo-tsu sports
SPORT | KANJI NAME | KATAKANA | COMMENT |
Baseball | 野球 ya kyuu |
ベースボール be-su bo-ru |
Very popular sport in Japan |
Soccer | 蹴球 shuu kyuu |
サッカー sakka- |
Many players have strange hair styles |
Football | maybe none? | アメリカンフットボール amerikan futtobo-ru |
It is called "American Football" to distinguish it from soccer (football) |
Sumo | 相撲 sumou |
not written in katakana | make the 'mo'
part longer More on Sumou |
Ping-pong | 卓球 takkyuu |
ピンポン pin pon |
This has 2 names in Japanese (just like English) |
Tennis | 庭球 tei kyuu |
テニス tenisu |
The kanji means garden + ball |
Basketball | 篭球 rou kyuu |
バスケットボール basuketto bo-ru |