キープ力りょく

noun

ball-keeping ability; possession retention

Sports term for a player's or team's ability to maintain possession of the ball, especially in soccer or basketball.

See also: キープ

• 彼かれのキープ力りょくはチームで一いち番ばんだ。

  His ball-keeping ability is the best on the team.

• キープ力りょくが高たかい選せん手しゅはボールを奪うばわれにくい。

  Players with high possession retention are hard to dispossess.

noun

holding power (of hair product)

Used in beauty contexts to describe how well a hair styling product maintains a hairstyle over time.

• このワックスはキープ力りょくが強つよいので、一いち日にち中じゅう髪かみ型がたが崩くずれない。

  This wax has strong holding power, so your hairstyle stays in place all day.