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遊撃手 (ゆうげきしゅ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

遊ゆう撃げき手しゅ

ゆ

う

げ

き

しゅ

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Meanings

1

noun

baseball

Baseball position between second and third base.

彼かれは高こう校こう野や球きゅうで遊ゆう撃げき手しゅを守まもっている。
He plays shortstop in high school baseball.
遊ゆう

撃げき

手しゅ

が

難むずか

しい

ゴロ

を

さばい

た

。

The shortstop handled a difficult grounder.

Kanji

遊play
撃beat, attack, defeat
手hand

Similar words

二に塁るい手しゅ
Second baseman; plays closer to second base, while 遊撃手 covers the area between second and third.
三さん塁るい手しゅ
Third baseman; positioned near third base, whereas 遊撃手 is deeper in the hole.

Etymology

Compound of 遊撃 (yūgeki, 'flanking attack; raid') and 手 (shu, 'player; person'). The term was adopted into baseball to describe the position that covers the area between second and third base, originally from the military concept of a mobile, flanking role.