Illustration: In a Japanese gymnastics club, an athlete is suspended above a thick landing mat midway through a tucked somersault. Their head points downward, knees draw toward the chest, and both feet curve overhead, with no hand or foot touching the floor.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

宙ちゅう返がえり

chuugaeri

somersault, aerial loop

Example sentences

  1. 宙返ちゅうがえりするジェットコースターに乗のったら、気持きもち悪わるくなっちゃった。

    I got sick riding the roller coaster with the loop-the-loop.

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  2. 彼かれは宙返ちゅうがえりをした。

    He turned a somersault.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. トムは後方こうほう宙返ちゅうがえりのやり方かたを学まなんだ。

    Tom learned how to do a backflip.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 宙返

  • 宙mid-air; airOnチュウ
  • 返returnOnヘンKunかえす・かえる

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