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表層形
きょうぎ
キョーギ
名詞

きょうぎ (キョーギ)

Kyougi · きょーぎ — game, match, contest

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きょうぎ in rōmaji: kyougi, also spelled kyogi.

名詞 普通名詞 サ変可能 *
📝 競技 🔤 * 📐 *
Updated: 2026年9月29日
📖 Grammar Information
表層形 (Surface)
きょうぎ
見出し語 (Lemma)
競技
読み (Reading)
キョーギ
品詞 (POS)
名詞・普通名詞・サ変可能・*
活用型 (Conj. Type)
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活用形 (Conj. Form)
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表記 (Orthography)
きょうぎ
読み・基本形
キョーギ
表記・基本形
きょうぎ
見出し語の読み
キョウギ
💡 English Meaning

きょうぎ means “game, match, contest” — full definition & examples →

⭐ Dictionary Form

競技 (キョーギ) — main entry →

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The surface form (きょうぎ) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (競技) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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