Sports in Japanese

Sports is a great topic for conversation. The below list of sport names in Japanese helps you to get familiar with Olympic and other sports in Japanese. For even more Japanese vocabularies, take a look at our learning resources for Japanese at the end of the page.

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Summer Sports in Japanese
Winter Sports in Japanese
Water Sports in Japanese
Team Sports in Japanese

Summer Sports in Japanese

English	Japanese
tennis in Japanese	テニス (tenisu)
badminton in Japanese	バドミントン (badominton)
golf in Japanese	ゴルフ (gorufu)
cycling in Japanese	サイクリング (saikuringu)
table tennis in Japanese	卓球 (takkyū)
triathlon in Japanese	トライアスロン (toraiasuron)
wrestling in Japanese	レスリング (resuringu)
judo in Japanese	柔道 (jūdō)
fencing in Japanese	フェンシング (fenshingu)
archery in Japanese	アーチェリー (ācherī)
boxing in Japanese	ボクシング (bokushingu)
gymnastics in Japanese	体操 (taisō)
weightlifting in Japanese	重量挙げ (jūryō age)

Winter Sports in Japanese

English	Japanese
skiing in Japanese	スキー (sukī)
snowboarding in Japanese	スノーボーディング (sunō bōdingu)
ice skating in Japanese	アイススケート (aisu sukēto)
ice hockey in Japanese	アイスホッケー (aisu hokkē)
biathlon in Japanese	バイアスロン (baiasuron)
luge in Japanese	リュージュ (ryūju)
ski jumping in Japanese	スキージャンプ (sukī janpu)

Water Sports in Japanese

English	Japanese
swimming in Japanese	水泳 (suiei)
water polo in Japanese	水球 (suikyū)
surfing in Japanese	サーフィン (sāfin)
rowing in Japanese	ボート競技 (bōto kyōgi)
windsurfing in Japanese	ウインドサーフィン (uindosāfin)
sailing in Japanese	セーリング (sēringu)

Team Sports in Japanese

English	Japanese
football in Japanese	サッカー (sakkā)
basketball in Japanese	バスケットボール (basukettobōru)
volleyball in Japanese	バレーボール (barēbōru)
cricket in Japanese	クリケット (kuriketto)
baseball in Japanese	野球 (yakyū)
rugby in Japanese	ラグビー (ragubī)
handball in Japanese	ハンドボール (handobōru)
field hockey in Japanese	陸上ホッケー (rikujō hokkē)
beach volleyball in Japanese	ビーチバレー (bīchi barē)
Australian football in Japanese	オーストラリアンフットボール (ōsutorarian futtobōru)
American football in Japanese	アメリカンフットボール (amerikan futtobōru)

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Sports in Japanese

Summer Sports in Japanese

Winter Sports in Japanese

Water Sports in Japanese

Team Sports in Japanese

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