[Slogan] Perfect for sports days and athletic festivals! A curated selection of impactful phrases
Slogans play an important role in sports days and athletic festivals.
They’re words that boost everyone’s morale and instantly lift the mood.
This article introduces a variety of slogans suited for junior high school athletic festivals.
From familiar four-character idioms to famous lines from popular manga, it gathers a wide range of expressions.
A slogan can be called the face of the year—it’s a tough choice, but take your time and come up with a wonderful one!
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Four-character idioms (21–30)
Indomitable; unyielding (literally: ‘unbent by a hundred setbacks’)
The phrase “hyakusetsu-futō” (literally, “bent a hundred times, never broken”) means the importance of keeping on trying without losing heart, no matter how many times you fail.
How about using this phrase as a slogan for your sports day or athletic festival? Everyone has times when things don’t go as hoped, even after doing their best.
Still, if you give up there, you can’t move forward.
By challenging yourself again and again and learning from failure, you develop real strength.
Join forces, give it your all, and enjoy the event with the spirit of hyakusetsu-futō—make your sports day or athletic festival a wonderful memory!
a serious match
A great slogan for a sports day or athletics festival is “Shinken Shobu” (a true, all-out contest).
“Shinken Shobu” means striving with everything you’ve got and competing with your full effort.
It expresses coming together as one, challenging each other, and working hard to win.
The phrase also emphasizes not only the day of the event, but the importance of practice leading up to it and helping one another.
Beyond winning or losing, the daily efforts you share in taking on challenges together will surely make for a wonderful sports day or festival.
single-minded struggle
Ichi-i Funtō is a four-character idiom pronounced “ichii funtō,” which depicts focusing one’s mind on a single goal and mustering the spirit to face it head-on.
It perfectly suits situations like concentrating on victory and uniting a team to take on a challenge.
While it can mean sharpening one’s personal concentration, when used as a slogan it evokes a sense of unity and strong bonds.
Because it includes the character for “battle,” it strongly conveys an attitude aimed at victory and a heightened fighting spirit.
unity; standing together as one
Ichidan-ketsu is a four-character idiom, read as ‘itchi danketsu,’ that simply expresses the power of bonds in people working together toward a goal.
When we think of a sports day, isn’t it most important that the team cooperates and moves forward with one heart toward victory? Seeing this phrase reminds us of those who have supported us and helps us feel that we are not fighting alone.
Precisely because it expresses cooperation in a simple way, the message comes through directly.
indomitable; unyielding
Futō Fukutsu is a four-character idiom that expresses an unyielding spirit that does not falter in the face of adversity, and is read “futō fukutsu.” Since both “futō” (unyielding) and “fukutsu” (indomitable) convey the idea of not submitting, the determination to remain unbowed is strongly emphasized.
It may also evoke the image of companions who support you, rousing a heart that is on the verge of breaking.
It’s a phrase that reminds us of the crucial keys to seizing victory: keeping a strong heart and maintaining an unwavering will not to be defeated.
friendly rivalry; mutual improvement through competition
Sessatakuwa (切磋琢磨) is a four-character idiom that describes people encouraging one another as they train and improve together; it’s pronounced “sessa takuma.” It’s a perfect word for a sports day setting, where everyone cooperates and moves forward toward the goal of victory.
Each character originally refers to methods of working materials, and because the method varies with the material, the phrase also evokes an image of diverse individuals collaborating.
By prominently displaying words that look back on the days you’ve spent lifting each other up, you may also feel a stronger bond with your teammates.
Indomitable perseverance
Ken’nin-fubatsu is a four-character idiom meaning to remain unshaken by anything and endure; it’s read as “ken-nin-fu-batsu.” Ken’nin refers to an unwavering mind, while fubatsu describes a body that does not move.
How about adopting it for a sports day slogan to express the resolve to never give up even when things get tough? You could also use it to convey a cool-headed determination to aim for victory.
By the way, enduring with ken’nin-fubatsu and then suddenly springing into action is called ken’nin-kaketsu.
It’s interesting that there are similar four-character idioms, isn’t it?
