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体育 (たいいく): physical education, gymnastics, athletics — Japanese vocabulary

体育 is read たいいく and means "physical education, gymnastics, athletics". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

体育

Reading
たいいく · taiiku
Translation
physical education, gymnastics, athletics
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
たいいくが

Example

僕は体育の授業中に怪我をした。

ぼくはたいいくのじゅぎょうちゅうにけがをした。

I injured myself during the physical education lesson.

Kanji in this word

  • 体 — body
  • 育 — raise, grow

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