► 名詞
球 [(2)たま] meaning: ball rank: 1
☆ 彼は球を素手で捕った ⇨ He caught the ball with a bare hand (☛ A smaller sport ball you can grab with one hand. A larger ball is typically called “ボール”)
More examples:
- 彼等は地域の野球チームを後援している ⇨ They’re supporting the local baseball team
- 彼は野球チームの補欠だ ⇨ He is a backup for his baseball team
- 大統領が始球式で投球した ⇨ The president threw the ceremonial first pitch
- 野球の投球は肘を酷使する ⇨ Baseball pitching abuses your elbow
- 人類が死滅したほうが地球には良いだろう ⇨ It is probably better for Earth if humans die out
- 野球史上に残る名勝負 ⇨ The greatest games in the baseball history
- 彼はそこらの野球選手とは役者が違う ⇨ He is at a different level from other regular ballplayers
- 野球シーズンは終盤に入る ⇨ The baseball season has entered the late stage
- 球場の建築には税金を使わないというのが大前提だ (だいぜんてい) ⇨ No tax money will be used for the construction of the ballpark, that is the basic premise
- 彼は野球の監督だ ⇨ A baseball manager
- 球場は試合開始前から熱気に包まれていた ⇨ The stadium was enveloped in excitement even before the game began
- ハレー彗星は周期的に地球に近づく ⇨ Halley’s comet approaches Earth at regular intervals
- 日本では野球が盛んだ ⇨ Baseball is popular in Japan
- 地球の未来に危機感を抱く ⇨ Feel alarmed about the future of Earth
- 最近野球の人気が凋落している ⇨ Recently the popularity of baseball has been declining sharply