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mountain climbing, hiking, mountaineering
The activity of climbing or hiking up mountains for recreation or sport.
山登りが趣味です。
Mountain climbing is my hobby.
週末に山登りに行く。
I'm going mountain climbing this weekend.
山登り用の靴を買った。
I bought shoes for mountain climbing.
COMPOUND: 山 (mountain) + 登り (climbing)
COMMON EXPRESSIONS:
- 山登りに行く (go mountain climbing)
- 山登りをする (do mountain climbing)
- 山登り用の〜 (~ for mountain climbing)
RELATED TERMS:
- 登山 (mountaineering - more formal)
- ハイキング (hiking - loanword)
- トレッキング (trekking)
- 山 (mountain)
Japan has many popular mountains for climbing, including 富士山 (Mt. Fuji).
Related Words
Synonym:
登山 (formal)