(きかいたいそう)

きかいたいそう
noun
apparatus gymnastics; artistic gymnastics
1. apparatus gymnastics; artistic gymnastics
Competitive gymnastics performed on apparatus such as the vault, parallel bars, rings, horizontal bar, balance beam, and uneven bars. Distinguished from rhythmic gymnastics (新体操(しんたいそう)) and general floor-based exercise.
(むすめ)器械体操(きかいたいそう)(なら)っている。
My daughter is learning artistic gymnastics.
(かれ)器械体操(きかいたいそう)選手(せんしゅ)としてオリンピックに出場(しゅつじょう)した。
He competed in the Olympics as an artistic gymnast.
器械体操(きかいたいそう)では鉄棒(てつぼう)平行棒(へいこうぼう)などの種目(しゅもく)がある。
Artistic gymnastics has events such as the horizontal bar and parallel bars.

Compound of 器械(きかい) (apparatus) + 体操(たいそう) (gymnastics, exercise). Refers to the form of gymnastics seen at the Olympics, performed on six (men's) or four (women's) pieces of apparatus.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 器械体操(きかいたいそう)選手(せんしゅ): artistic gymnast
  • 器械体操(きかいたいそう)(): gymnastics club
  • 器械体操(きかいたいそう)大会(たいかい): gymnastics competition

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 新体操(しんたいそう): rhythmic gymnastics — uses ribbon, ball, hoop, rope, or clubs
  • 体操(たいそう): gymnastics, calisthenics — general term, includes everyday exercise
  • 床運動(ゆかうんどう): floor exercise — one event within artistic gymnastics