篭球

Japanese

Kanji in this term
篭	球
ろう Hyōgaiji	きゅう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- IPA^(key): [ɾo̞ːkʲɨᵝː]

Noun

篭球 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 籠球, hiragana ろうきゅう, rōmaji rōkyū)

basketball

Synonyms

バスケットボール (basukettobōru)
バスケ (basuke)

Usage notes

The kyūjitai form 籠 (ろう)球 (きゅう) (rōkyū) is more common than its shinjitai equivalent and the loanwords バスケットボール (basukettobōru) and バスケ (basuke) are more common than kanji words for "basketball".

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