47 Tips For Choosing Your Sports Club: “bukatsu” or “sa-kuru”?

2018年6月26日2022年8月13日

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47 Tips For Choosing Your Sports Club: “bukatsu” or “sa-kuru”?

Did you join a club when you were still in junior high or high school? It’s a great way to meet people with similar interests, do an activity you enjoy, and learn more about an activity you’re interested in. Today, let me introduce 47 clubs and what difference between “部活ぶかつ(bukatsu)” or “クラブ(kurabu)” and “サークル(sa-kuru)” are today.

部活ぶかつ (bukatsu)/ クラブ (kurabu)

Team / Club / Extracurriculars

“部活ぶかつ(bukatsu)” and “クラブ(kurabu)” are the absolutely same meaning, so you can use both when you feel easy to use. Actually, join or belong to team or club means 所属しょぞくする however, basically using 所属しょぞくする is a little bit stiff for native speakers, so I recommend you that you could use 部活ぶかつ/クラブに入はいる or 部活ぶかつ/クラブをする would be much natural for us, native speakers instead of 部活ぶかつ/クラブに所属しょぞくする.

Sample

yuka

たつやってさぁ、中学時代ちゅうがくは何なんの部活ぶかつしてたの？ (Hey, Tatsuya. What club did you join to junior high school?) (Tatsuya你上中学时参加过什么样的社团活动。) (타츠야는 중학생 때 부활동은 뭘 했었어?) (Tatsuya hồi cấp hai đã tham gia hoạt động câu lạc bộ nào vậy?) (Tatsu yatte sa, chūgaku jidai wa nan no bukatsu shiteta no?)

tatsuya

３年間さんねんかん、野球部やきゅうぶだったよ！ (I joined the baseball team for 3 years.) (三年的棒球俱乐部！) (3년 동안 야구부였어!) (Tớ đã ở câu lạc bộ bóng chày ba năm đó! ) (san nen kan, yakyū bu datta yo!)

tatsuya

ゆかちゃん、高校時代こうこうじだいって何なんのクラブに入はいってたの？ (Hey, Yuka-chan. What club did you belong to junior high school?) (Yuka，你高中时代参加什么样的俱乐部？) (유카,야,고등학생 때는 어떤 클럽에 들어가 있었어?) (Yuka hồi cấp ba tham gia câu lạc bộ nào vậy?) (Yuka chan, kōkō jidai tte nan no kurabu ni haitteta no?)

yuka

高校こうこうのバレーボール部ぶに入はいってたよ！ (Actually, I was a member of my junior high school’s volleyball team.) (我在高中是加入排球俱乐部的！) (고등학교 배구부에 들어가 있었어!) (Tớ ở trong đội bóng chuyền của trường đó!) (kōkō no barēbōru bu ni haitteta yo!)

サークル (sa-kuru)

Meetup / Group

“サークル(sa-kuru)” is one of the Japanese-English words that means meetup or group. Compared to 部活ぶかつ and クラブ (team and club) at the junior high or high school, サークル (meetup or group) has a lot of flexibility, such as the activity of サークル is once a week or something. It is not five days a week. Furthermore, the majority of サークル doesn’t have an advisor to the サークル, unlike 部活ぶかつ or クラブ. It is like a group for just the hobby and it is not serious.

Sample

yuka

大学時代だいがくじだいは英語えいごサークルだったよ！ (I used to be an English meetup when I was in college.) (在大学时代，我是英语社团！) (대학생 때는 영어 서클이었어!) (Hồi học đại học tớ ở câu lạc bộ tiếng Anh đấy.) (daigaku jidai wa eigo sākuru datta yo!)

tatsuya

写真しゃしんサークルに入はいらない？ (Why don’t you join photography meetups?) (你为什么不加入摄影社团？) (사진 동아리에 들어오지 않을래?) (Cậu có muốn tham gia câu lạc bộ nhiếp ảnh không?) (shashin sākuru ni hairanai?)