English–Japanese
“horseback riding” in Japanese
Japanese
Pronunciation
Romajikiba
Example
昔の武士は騎馬で戦いました。mukashi no bu shi wa ki ba de tataka i ma shi ta
Samurai in the past fought on horseback.
How to say “horseback riding” in Japanese
“Horseback riding” in Japanese is 騎馬 (kiba).
It centers on moving with a horse as the means of travel rather than traveling on foot.
Example sentences with 騎馬
観光客は広い草原を騎馬でゆっくり進みます。kan kō kyaku wa hiro i sō gen o ki ba de yu kku ri susu mi ma su
Tourists move slowly across the wide grassland on horseback.
Tips for using 騎馬
- The compound 騎馬戦 (kibasen) describes a school team game in which students form horse-like units, so it involves no actual horses.