部活

Japanese

Kanji in this term
部	活
ぶ Grade: 3	かつ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぶかつ [bùkátsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ka̠t͡sɨ]

Noun

部(ぶ)活(かつ) • (bukatsu) 

1. Clipping of 部活動 (bukatsudō): extracurricular activity; school club
   • 2015 August 3, Daniel Morales, “Jiko-PR gives job seekers a rare chance to brag in Japanese”, in The Japan Times‎^[1] (in English), retrieved 2023-04-11:

     My own theory [...] is that the jiko-PR tradition is strongly intertwined with the ōendan (応援団, cheerleading team) and bukatsu (部活, school club/sports) culture in Japanese schools.