やりなげ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
やり投 槍投げ やり投げ

Etymology

From 槍(やり) (yari, “spear”) + 投(な)げ (nage, “throwing, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 投(な)げる (nageru, “to throw”).”).

Literally, "spear throwing".

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) やりなげ [yàrínágé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ja̠ɾʲina̠ɡe̞]

Noun

やりなげ • (yarinage) ^{←やりなげ (yarinage)?}

1. javelin throw

Usage notes

• やり投 is the official spelling used by the Japan Association of Athletics Federations.

See also

• 投(な)げ槍(やり) (nageyari, “javelin”)