Would "supootsu" (meaning sport) be written in Japanese hiragana or katakana?

Question

Would "supootsu" (meaning sport) be written in Japanese hiragana or katakana?

Answer 1

uuh katakana cos its a borrowed word　スポーツ

ill add that borrowed words arent always english...sometimes spanish too or dutch or french and stuff like that just how english uses french and foreign words...

pan is spanish and its also in japanese for bread..パン

Answer 2

'supootsu' スポーツ comes from the english word 'sports', so it would be written in katakana because its borrowed from the english language. katakana is for all english words, eg hamburger (ハンバーガー), icecream (アイスクイーム), etc.

Answer 3

Hello!

The answer to your question is that the Japanese word for sport would be written in KATAKANA.

Katakana is used for BORROWED words. Hiragana is used for actual Japanese words.

Examples:

basketball - basukettobooru バスケットボール

light - raito　ライト

lion - raion　ライオン

shower - shawaa　シャワー

supootsu is also a borrowed word. Therefore it is written in katakana.

スポーツ

NOT HIRAGANA.

So non-borrowed words, such as cat "neko　ねこ" and dog "inu　いぬ", are written in hiragana (an also kanji, but let's not worry about that) because they are not borrowed words.

Hope this helps you,