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三塁 (さんるい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

三さん塁るい

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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noun

baseball

Baseball term for the third base bag or the defensive position.

ランナーが三さん塁るいに進すすんだ。
The runner advanced to third base.
彼かれは三さん塁るいを守まもっている。
He is playing third base.

Written forms

三さん塁るいUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common form in news and general use.
３さん塁るい
Numeric variant sometimes seen in box scores or informal writing.

Kanji

三three
塁bases, fort, rampart

Similar words

一いち塁るい
First base; the initial base in baseball.
二に塁るい
Second base; the middle base in baseball.
本ほん塁るい
Home plate; the final base where runs are scored.

Etymology

Compound of 三 (three) and 塁 (base, fortification), directly describing the third base in baseball.