Japanese symbol for “tennis”
テニス
テニス
Romaji: tenisu
tennis
In Japanese, tennis is テニス (tenisu).
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Meanings
- n tennis
Other Japanese words for “tennis”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 庭球 | ていきゅう teikyuu | tennis |
| 硬式テニス | こうしきテニス koushikitenisu | (regulation-ball) tennis (as opposed to soft tennis) |
See also: Chinese symbol for “tennis”.
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.