三段跳(さんだんと)び

さんだんとび
noun
triple jump (track and field event)
1. the triple jump, a track-and-field event in which the athlete takes a hop, a step, and a jump into a sand pit; also, the act of performing such a jump
A track-and-field jumping event in which an athlete sprints down a runway and then executes three consecutive phases — a hop on one foot (landing on the same foot), a step onto the other foot, and a jump into a sand pit. The distance from the takeoff board to the athlete's nearest landing mark in the pit is measured. The word also appears figuratively to describe any motion or progress made in three successive leaps.
三段跳(さんだんと)びの選手(せんしゅ)。
A triple-jump athlete.
陸上(りくじょう)部(ぶ)で三段跳(さんだんと)びを練習(れんしゅう)している。
I practice the triple jump in the track and field club.
彼(かれ)は県(けん)大会(たいかい)の三段跳(さんだんと)びで優勝(ゆうしょう)した。
He won first place in the triple jump at the prefectural meet.
三段跳(さんだんと)びは、ホップ・ステップ・ジャンプの三(さん)つの動作(どうさ)で飛距離(とびきょり)を競(きそ)う競技(きょうぎ)だ。
The triple jump is an event in which athletes compete for distance using three motions: hop, step, and jump.

Literally "three-stage jump," from 三段(さんだん) (three stages, three steps) + 跳(と)び (jumping, the nominal form of 跳(と)ぶ "to jump"). The three "stages" correspond to the hop, step, and jump phases of the event.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 三段跳(さんだんと)びの選手(せんしゅ): triple-jump athlete
  • 三段跳(さんだんと)びで優勝(ゆうしょう)する: to win the triple jump
  • 三段跳(さんだんと)びの記録(きろく): triple-jump record
  • 三段跳(さんだんと)びの世界記録(せかいきろく): the world record in the triple jump
  • 三段跳(さんだんと)びで十五(じゅうご)メートルを跳(と)ぶ: to jump 15 meters in the triple jump

THE PHASES (in Japanese):

  • ホップ (hop): takeoff from one foot and landing on the same foot
  • ステップ (step): landing on the opposite foot
  • ジャンプ (jump): final leap into the sand pit

Japanese coaches and commentators usually use these three English-derived terms even in Japanese-language coverage.

RELATED TRACK AND FIELD TERMS:

  • 走(はし)り幅跳(はばと)び: long jump — single running jump into a sand pit
  • 走(はし)り高跳(たかと)び: high jump — jumping over a raised bar
  • 棒高跳(ぼうたかと)び: pole vault
  • 陸上競技(りくじょうきょうぎ): track and field
  • 跳躍(ちょうやく)種目(しゅもく): jumping events (collective term)

ORTHOGRAPHY:
Also written 三段跳(さんだんと)び or 三段跳(さんだんとび) (without the okurigana び, with 跳(とび) read as a single unit). In official sports writing you will also see the form 三段跳(さんだんとび) without the び. The form with okurigana is the most common in everyday writing.

FIGURATIVE USE:
Occasionally used figuratively to describe a three-step leap in progress or rank — for example, jumping from last place to first in three moves. This use is marked and colorful rather than routine.

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