フィギュアスケート
ふぃぎゅあすけーと
noun
figure skating
1.
figure skating
The competitive ice sport of performing jumps, spins, and choreographed movement on ice skates. Loanword from English. A widely followed winter sport in Japan, both at the Olympic level and on TV.
フィギュアスケートを見るのが好きだ。
I like watching figure skating.
娘は5歳からフィギュアスケートを習っている。
My daughter has been learning figure skating since she was five.
フィギュアスケートの大会でジャンプの回転が足りず減点された。
At the figure skating competition, the jump rotations were under-rotated and points were deducted.
Loanword from English "figure skating." In casual conversation it is often shortened to フィギュア — context disambiguates between the sport and the model-figurine sense of フィギュア.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- フィギュアスケートの選手: figure skater
- フィギュアスケートの大会: figure skating competition
- フィギュアスケートを習う: to take figure skating lessons
- ペアフィギュア / アイスダンス: pairs / ice dance
SIMILAR WORDS:
- スケート: skating — the general term, includes figure skating and speed skating
- スピードスケート: speed skating — racing on a long oval track
- アイスダンス: ice dance — a related discipline focusing on dance choreography