Illustration: Two grandparents play an unexpectedly fierce rally at a folding table-tennis table in a neighborhood community hall. One bends low with a short paddle extended, returning a small ball just above the central net. The other has already shifted sideways, knees bent and paddle ready.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

卓たっ球きゅう

takkyuu

table tennis, ping-pong

Example sentences

  1. 卓球たっきゅうをしたいのですが。

    I’d like to play a game of ping-pong.

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  2. トムはテニスも卓球たっきゅうもうまい。

    Tom can play both tennis and table tennis well.

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  3. 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.

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Kanji in 卓球

  • 卓eminent; tableOnタク
  • 球ball; sphereOnキュウKunたま

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