In Japanese, "weightlifting" is 重量挙げ (jūryōage). It is a noun pronounced "joo-ryoh-ah-geh".
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重量挙げ is written in kanji and hiragana. Romanised as jūryōage, it sounds roughly like "joo-ryoh-ah-geh" to an English ear.
重量挙げはどこにありますか？
Jūryōage wa doko ni arimasu ka?
Where is the weightlifting?
Jūryōage (重量挙げ) is the Japanese word for weightlifting. This noun appears in everyday contexts across homes, offices, schools, and public spaces.
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Buy on Steam重量挙げ is romanised as jūryōage. Say it roughly like "joo-ryoh-ah-geh" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
重量挙げ 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.
重量挙げ is written using kanji and hiragana. Kanji characters carry the core meaning; any hiragana or katakana that follow show grammatical endings.
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