ボクシング

Japanese

Etymology

From English boxing.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ボクシング [bóꜜkùshìǹgù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [bo̞kɯ̟̊ɕĩŋɡɯ̟]

Noun

ボクシング • (bokushingu) 

1. boxing (the sport of boxing)

   Synonym: 拳闘 (kentō)

   • 1990 June 25 [1990 February 17], George Morikawa, “Round(ラウンド) １(ワン)　The(ザ) First(ファースト) Step(ステップ)”, in はじめの一(いっ)歩(ぽ) THE(ザ) FIGHTING!(ファイティング) [The First Step: The Fighting!], 3rd edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 20:

     はじめてか？ボクシングジム？

     Hajimete ka? Bokushingu jimu?

     First time at a boxing gym huh?

     ボ‥ボクシングジム？

     Bo‥Bokushingu jimu?

     Bo–Boxing gym?