騎乗

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: The spelling is 騎乗, read きじょう, and it combines 騎, meaning ride a horse, with 乗, meaning mount.
• Basic usage: 騎乗 is the formal act or state of mounting and riding a horse, including riding in competition.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Posture before mounting and the mounted state
  • Both examples use the form 騎乗. The first is preparation before a first ride; the second shows a jockey already mounted on a black horse and entering the arena.
• A beginner's posture lesson and a jockey's entrance
  • 初めて馬に騎乗する前に姿勢を教わった。 — I was taught the proper posture before riding a horse for the first time.
  • 騎手は黒い馬に騎乗して競技場へ入った。 — The jockey entered the arena mounted on a black horse.