also: クリーンナップ · クリンナップ · クリンアップ
heart of the batting order; 3-4-5 hitters
Baseball term; abbreviation of クリーンアップトリオ. Refers to the third, fourth, and fifth batters, who are typically the team's best hitters.
See also: クリーンアップトリオ
今日のクリーンアップは全員ホームランを打った。
Today, every hitter in the heart of the batting order hit a home run.
He is a power hitter entrusted with a spot in the heart of the order.
cleanup; cleaning up
General term for cleaning up or tidying up, borrowed from English. Used in contexts like environmental cleanup, data cleanup, or post-event tidying.
Volunteers carried out a cleanup of the beach.
Cleaning up the data took time.