セカンド

〈人ひと〉がセカンドを守まもるto play second base
彼かれは今こんシーズン、セカンドを守まもっている。
He is playing second base this season.
セカンドに入いれるto shift into second gear
坂さか道みちでセカンドに入いれた。
I shifted into second gear on the hill.
〈人ひと〉のセカンドを務つとめるto serve as someone's cornerman
彼かれは元もとチャンピオンのセカンドを務つとめた。
He served as the former champion's cornerman.

Related words

二に番ばん目め sense 1
セカンド is a loanword prenominal adjective meaning 'second', while 二番目 is the native Japanese equivalent used more broadly in everyday speech.
秒びょうN3sense 4
秒 is the standard Japanese unit word for 'second', whereas セカンド is a loanword variant used mainly in sports-timing or technical contexts.
二に塁るい sense 2
二塁 is the traditional Japanese baseball term for 'second base', while セカンド is the loanword often used interchangeably for the base or the player.
二に塁るい手しゅ
二塁手 is the formal, written term for a second baseman, while セカンド is the casual spoken term commonly used by commentators and players.

ファーストN1sense 1
ファースト means 'first' and is the natural opposite of セカンド when ranking or ordering things such as albums, gears, or bases.

セコンド sense 5
セコンド is the standard spelling for the boxing cornerman sense, while セカンド is a less common variant that can cause spelling confusion.
ファーストN1
ファースト refers to first base while セカンド refers to second base, so learners must not mix up which position each loanword names.

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Loanword from English 'second'.