塁るい

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Meanings

noun

base; bag; sack

baseball

Baseball term for a base. Used in compounds like 一塁 (first base), 本塁 (home base), and 塁審 (base umpire).

ランナーが二に塁るいに進すすんだ。
The runner advanced to second base.
彼かれは盗とう塁るいに成せい功こうした。
He succeeded in stealing a base.

noun

fortress; stronghold

Literary or historical term for a fortification. Often appears in compounds like 塁壁 (rampart) or 孤塁 (isolated fortress).

敵てきの塁るいを攻せめ落おとした。
They captured the enemy fortress.

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Usage patterns

〈数すう〉塁るいに進すすむto advance to (a numbered) base
打だ者しゃは二に塁るいに進すすんだ。
The batter advanced to second base.
塁るいを築きずくto build a rampart/fortification
兵へい士したちは川かわ岸ぎしに塁るいを築きずいた。
The soldiers built a rampart on the riverbank.
塁るいに立たつto stand on base
ランナーが一いち塁るいに立たっている。
The runner is standing on first base.
塁るいを守まもるto defend a stronghold
少しょう数すうの兵へいで孤こ塁るいを守まもり続つづけた。
They kept defending the isolated stronghold with a small number of soldiers.

Expressions

塁るいに出でるget on base

Kanji

塁bases, fort, rampart

Related words

ベースN1sense 1
ベース is the everyday loanword for a baseball base, while 塁 is the more formal term used in official terminology and compounds like 一塁 and 本塁.
要よう塞さい sense 2
要塞 is the standard modern word for a fortress, whereas 塁 is a more literary term often referring specifically to an earthen rampart or defensive works.

Don't confuse with

累るい
塁 (base; fortress) and 累 (accumulation; involvement) share the same reading るい but have completely unrelated meanings.

Word family· 31

満まん塁るい
bases loaded
盗とう塁るい
stolen base; base stealing; steal
出しゅつ塁るい
getting on base; reaching base · times on base; TOB
一いち塁るい
first base · first baseman · one fort
三さん塁るい
third base

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二に塁るい
second base
塁るい打だ
base hit
本ほん塁るい
base; stronghold; main fort · home base; home plate
二に塁るい手しゅ
second baseman
塁るい審しん
base umpire
三さん塁るい手しゅ
third baseman
残ざん塁るい
runner left on base; leaving runners on base · remnant fort; remaining fortification
土ど塁るい
earthen wall; earthwork; embankment
地ち塁るい
horst
城じょう塁るい
fortress; stronghold
堅けん塁るい
stronghold; fortified position
堡ほう塁るい
fort; fortress; stronghold
塁るい上じょう
on base · on a fort; on a rampart
塁るい壁へき
rampart; fortification wall
塁るい球きゅう
softball
孤こ塁るい
isolated stronghold; isolated fort
帰き塁るい
returning to base; tagging up

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Written forms

塁るいUsage85%
Standard kanji spelling; used in both baseball and fortress senses.
るいUsage15%

Etymology

The kanji 塁 originally depicted piled earth and is associated with ramparts and fortifications. The baseball sense is a semantic extension from the idea of a 'base' as a defended position.