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Figure Skating: Useful Vocabulary

Julia B

In October I had the chance to travel to Angers to watch the Grand Prix de France 2025. The competition was fascinating, and the skaters presented their programs for the Olympic season. I was very lucky to meet  three-time World Champion Kaori Sakamoto. Kaori is very kind and friendly, and it was a wonderful opportunity for me to practise some Japanese.


At the same time, I realized that I could improve my knowledge of Japanese figure skating terms. I am always curious about how to say different figure skating words in Japanese.


If, like me, you enjoy watching figure skating and want to know the correct terms to use in English, below is a list of some basic figure skating vocabulary with their Japanese translation.



フィギュアスケート - figure skating

スケーター - skater          

アイスリンク - ice rink

演技 - performance 

大会 - competition 

ショートプログラム - short program

フリープログラム - free program 

ジャンプ - jump 

ジャンプで転倒する - to fall from a jump 

スピン - spin 

得点 - score 

優勝者 - winner 

金メダリスト - gold medalist 


Let’s enjoy watching figure skating and support our favorite skaters)

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