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Japanese symbol for “layup”

Romaji: reiappu
layup (in basketball); lay-up

In Japanese, layup is (reiappu).

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Meanings

  1. n layup (in basketball); lay-up (sports)
  2. n lay-up (shot) (golf)

Other Japanese words for “layup”

WordReadingMeaning
レイアップシュート reiappushuutolayup (in basketball); lay-up

See also: Chinese symbol for “layup”.

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.