平 泳(ひらおよ)ぎ

ひらおよぎ

noun

breaststroke

1. breaststroke

A swimming stroke performed face-down with simultaneous arm movements that pull water toward the chest and a frog-like kick. The slowest of the four competitive strokes but efficient for recreational swimming.

平泳(ひらおよ)ぎは初心者(しょしんしゃ)でも泳(およ)ぎやすい。

Breaststroke is easy to swim even for beginners.

平泳(ひらおよ)ぎで100メートルを泳(およ)いだ。

I swam 100 meters breaststroke.

平泳(ひらおよ)ぎのフォームを直(なお)したい。

I want to fix my breaststroke form.

平泳(ひらおよ)ぎの蛙足(かえるあし)キックがなかなか上手(うま)くできない。

I just can't seem to get the frog kick right in breaststroke.

個人(こじん)メドレーでは平泳(ひらおよ)ぎが一番(いちばん)遅(おそ)いので、そこで差(さ)がつきやすい。

In the individual medley, breaststroke is the slowest leg, so that's where gaps tend to open up.

THE FOUR COMPETITIVE STROKES:

平泳(ひらおよ)ぎ (breaststroke) - slowest but energy-efficient
背泳(せおよ)ぎ (backstroke) - swum on back
バタフライ (butterfly) - most demanding
クロール/自由形(じゆうがた) (front crawl/freestyle) - fastest

TECHNIQUE:

蛙足(かえるあし) (frog kick)
キック (kick)
プル (pull/arm movement)
息継(いきつ)ぎ (breathing)

COMPETITIVE EVENTS:

50m, 100m, 200m 平泳(ひらおよ)ぎ (individual events)
個人(こじん)メドレー (individual medley - IM)
メドレーリレー (medley relay)

HISTORY:

The oldest known swimming stroke
Japan has produced many Olympic medalists in 平泳(ひらおよ)ぎ
北島(きたじま)康介(こうすけ) won gold in the 2004 and 2008 Olympics

COLLOCATIONS:

平泳(ひらおよ)ぎで泳(およ)ぐ (to swim breaststroke)
平泳(ひらおよ)ぎを習(なら)う (to learn breaststroke)

Related Words

Related: 背泳(せおよ)ぎ (swimming stroke)

core

Added 2026.1.18 8:09 · Revised 2026.7.18 13:27

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