This is the 6134th most frequent Japanese word.


The Japanese character "オ" is the katakana syllable for the sound "o," used in foreign loanwords and names.


Here, 'オリンピック' refers to the Olympics, a proper noun starting with the katakana character 'オ', used for phonetic representation of foreign words.

私はオリンピックを見るのが好きです。

I like watching the Olympics.


The term 'オープン' comes from the English word 'open'. 'オ ' indicates the start of this katakana word used to represent loanwords.

そのままオープンの状態で待ってください。

Please wait with it left open.


In 'オペラを観る', the word 'オペラ' stands for 'opera', a borrowing into Japanese, used here as the direct object in the sentence.

オペラを観る予定があります。

I plan to watch an opera.