ハイキング

ハイキング · haikingu · JLPT N3 · noun

hike

🥾⛰️ Japanese loanword: ハイキング = English hike + -ing

Hai-kin-gu is English hiking in Japanese sounds: hai for hi, kin for kin, and a final gu, because Japanese words can't end in a bare ng sound.

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