変化球

Japanese

Kanji in this term
変	化	球
へん Grade: 4	か Grade: 3	きゅう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
變化球 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 変化(へんか) (henka) + 球(きゅう) (kyū).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) へんかきゅう [hèńkáꜜkyùù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
IPA^(key): [hẽ̞ŋka̠kʲɨᵝː]

Noun

変(へん)化(か)球(きゅう) • (henkakyū) ^{←へんくわきう (fenkwakiu)^?}

(baseball) curveball
(figurative) curveball (twist)

Hyponyms

魔球(まきゅう) (makyū)

Coordinate terms

直球(ちょっきゅう) (chokkyū)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.