Let's pick up the pace of work and meet the deadline.
Technical term for the distance between evenly spaced objects, such as gear teeth, screw threads, or perforations.
この歯車のピッチは2ミリです。
The pitch of this gear is 2 millimeters.
Refers to the perceived frequency of a sound. Used in music, acoustics, and linguistics.
この楽器はピッチが少し低い。
This instrument is a little flat in pitch.
In baseball, refers to the act of throwing the ball to the batter, or a particular throw.
See also: ピッチング
彼のピッチは今日はとても速い。
His pitches are very fast today.
stroke rate (rowing)
In rowing, the number of strokes per minute.
レース中はピッチを一定に保つことが重要だ。
It's important to maintain a steady stroke rate during the race.
pitch (climbing); section between rest stops
In mountaineering and rock climbing, a section of a climb between two belay points.
次のピッチは岩場が続くので注意してください。
The next pitch is a rocky section, so please be careful.
A thick, black, sticky substance obtained from distilling petroleum, coal tar, etc.
ピッチは道路の舗装に使われることがある。
Pitch is sometimes used for paving roads.
In sports such as soccer and rugby, the playing field.
選手たちはピッチに整列した。
The players lined up on the pitch.
PHS (personal handy-phone system)
Colloquial abbreviation for PHS, a mobile phone system once popular in Japan. Now largely obsolete.
See also: ＰＨＳ
昔はピッチと呼ばれる携帯電話を使っていた。
Back then, people used mobile phones called PHS.
緊張すると声のピッチが上がる人が多い。
Many people's voice pitch rises when they get nervous.
I measured the pitch of the screw before choosing the part.
This project is progressing at a fast pace.
I got tired, so I slowed the pace down a bit.
速度 is the formal, measurable term for speed (e.g. of a vehicle), while ピッチ more often describes the rate or tempo of repeated actions or work.
ピッチング refers to the act or motion of pitching in baseball, while ピッチ can mean the individual throw itself or a completely different sense like pace or spacing.
quick pace; rapid tempo; at full speed
wild pitch
row pitch
line pitch
high pitch
Borrowed from English 'pitch', with senses covering speed, spacing, sound frequency, sports, and technical residues.
pitch-up
pitch gauge
pitch pipe