競艇(きょうてい)

きょうてい
noun
boat racing (for betting)
sportsleisure
1. boat racing (for betting)
Motorboat racing on which bets are legally placed; one of Japan's publicly run gambling sports.
競艇(きょうてい)で負(ま)けた。
I lost at the boat races.
父(ちち)は週末(しゅうまつ)に競艇(きょうてい)に行(い)く。
My father goes to the boat races on weekends.
競艇(きょうてい)は、競馬(けいば)や競輪(けいりん)と並(なら)ぶ公営(こうえい)ギャンブルの一(ひと)つだ。
Boat racing is one of Japan's public gambling sports, along with horse racing and keirin.

With 競馬(けいば) (horse racing), 競輪(けいりん) (bicycle racing) and オートレース (motorcycle racing), it is one of the publicly run gambling sports (公営競技(こうえいきょうぎ)), and part of the takings go to local governments. Six boats race three laps of a 600-meter course. The official brand name since 2010 is ボートレース, but 競艇(きょうてい) remains the everyday word.

Common collocations

  • 競艇場(きょうていじょう): boat race stadium
  • 競艇選手(きょうていせんしゅ): boat racer
  • 競艇(きょうてい)で当(あ)てる: to win a bet at the boat races

Watch out

協定(きょうてい) (agreement) has the same reading and is unrelated.

Related Words

Related: 競輪(けいりん) (keirin, bicycle racing)
Related: モーターボート (motorboat)
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Added 2026.9.30 17:40 · Revised 2026.10.5 9:36
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