アイススケート
あいすすけーと
noun
ice skating
1.
ice skating
The activity or sport of gliding on ice wearing bladed boots. Includes recreational skating, figure skating, and speed skating.
アイススケートに行きませんか。
Would you like to go ice skating?
冬はアイススケートが楽しい季節だ。
Winter is the season for enjoying ice skating.
子どもの頃にアイススケートを習っていたので、今でも上手に滑れる。
Since I took ice skating lessons as a child, I can still skate well now.
From English "ice skate/skating." In everyday Japanese, the shorter form スケート is more common and usually implies ice skating unless otherwise specified. アイススケート is used when distinguishing from ローラースケート (roller skating) or when emphasizing that the activity takes place on ice.
Figure skating (フィギュアスケート) is extremely popular in Japan, and Japanese athletes have won numerous Olympic medals in the sport.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- アイススケートをする: to go ice skating
- アイススケートに行く: to go to ice skating
- アイススケート場: ice skating rink
- アイススケート靴: ice skates
SIMILAR WORDS:
- スケート: skating — the short form, typically implies ice skating
- フィギュアスケート: figure skating — the competitive artistic form
- スピードスケート: speed skating — the racing form
- ローラースケート: roller skating — skating on wheels, not ice