平泳ぎ

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: The spelling is 平泳ぎ, read ひらおよぎ, and it combines 平, meaning flat or level, with 泳ぎ, meaning swimming.
• Basic usage: The basic sense of 平泳ぎ is the breaststroke, a stroke using symmetrical movements of both arms and both legs.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• The stroke and its use as a means
  • Both examples use the form 平泳ぎ. It can modify a specific part of the stroke or appear with a particle indicating the method used to swim.
• Lesson and distance contexts
  • 水泳教室で平泳ぎの足の動きを習った。 — In swimming class, I learned the leg movement for the breaststroke.
  • 彼女は平泳ぎでゆっくり二百メートル泳いだ。 — She slowly swam two hundred meters using the breaststroke.