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遠足 (えんそく): trip, hike, picnic — Japanese vocabulary

遠足 is read えんそく and means "trip, hike, picnic". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

遠足

Reading
えんそく · ensoku
Translation
trip, hike, picnic
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
えんそくが

Example

子供の頃、遠足の前の日には、胸がワクワクして眠れなかった。

こどものころ、えんそくのまえのひには、むねがワクワクしてねむれなかった。

When I was a child I would get so excited the night before a school excursion that my heart would be pounding and I couldn't sleep.

Kanji in this word

  • 遠 — Distant, Far
  • 足 — foot, leg

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