josou o renshuusuru.

direct object particle

Breakdown of josou o renshuusuru.

• 練習れんしゅうする: to practice
• 助走じょそう: the bowling approach

Questions & Answers about josou o renshuusuru.

How do you read 助走を練習する?

助走 is read じょそう.

The full sentence is read:

じょそう を れんしゅうする

In normal Japanese writing, it is usually written without spaces:

助走を練習する。

What part of speech is 助走 here?

助走 is a noun.

It refers to the approach run / run-up before doing something like a jump, vault, or throw. In this sentence, it is the thing being practiced.

Why is を used after 助走?

を marks the direct object of the verb.

Here, the verb is 練習する (to practice), and 助走 is what is being practiced, so:

• 助走 = the run-up / approach
• を = object marker
• 練習する = practice

So 助走を練習する means literally something like practice the approach run.

Why is 練習する used instead of just 練習?