Illustration: In a neighborhood recreation hall, a grandmother and her teenage grandson face each other across a table-tennis table. She has just made a neat backhand return, with her paddle still extended and the small ball flying just above the central net.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

ピンポン

pinpon

ping-pong, table tennis

Example sentences

  1. ピンポンは卓球たっきゅうとも呼よばれている。

    Ping-Pong is also called table tennis.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼かれはピンポンで1度ども負まけたことのないのを自慢じまんしている。

    He is proud of never having been beaten in ping-pong.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. テニスやピンポンのバックハンドでは手ては球たまを打うつ際逆向さいぎゃくむきになる。

    In tennis and ping-pong backhand the hand is turned backwards in making the stroke.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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