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How do you say "diving" in Japanese?
ダイビング
daibingu
In Japanese, "diving" is ダイビング (daibingu).
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Pronunciation
Say dai-BIN-gu, three syllables with dai rhyming with 'die' and a soft final gu.
Writing and usage
ダイビング is written using katakana. It's a noun, and this word is also taught inside the Noun Town language learning game, where it appears in interactive lessons alongside hundreds of other everyday words.
Example sentence
彼女は昨年の夏にダイビングを始めました。
kanojo ha sakunen no natsu ni daibingu wo hajime mashita.
She took up diving last summer.
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How to remember ダイビング
Daibingu starts with dai, the same sound as jumping, dive, into deep water before the gu splash at the end.
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Questions about ダイビング
How do you pronounce ダイビング?
Say dai-BIN-gu, three syllables with dai rhyming with 'die' and a soft final gu.
Is ダイビング formal or casual?
ダイビング is a neutral, everyday word that works in both casual and polite speech. The level of formality comes from the sentence structure around it, not from the word itself.
How is ダイビング written in Japanese?
ダイビング is written using katakana. Romanised, it reads as daibingu.
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