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ベース (べーす, beesu) Japanese meaning: base | Kotomora
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This sauce is based on tomatoes.
We made a new plan based on the previous proposal.
It is a bright design with white as the base color.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 をベースにした 〈 物もの 〉 something made with X as its base or main ingredient
This sauce has a tomato-based flavor.
〈 物もの 〉 ベースで 考かんが える to think about something on an X basis
I calculated the budget on a cost basis.
〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 にベースを 置お く to set up a base of operations in a place
The company has its base of operations in Asia.
ベースを 踏ふ む to touch a base (in baseball)
The runner hurried to touch first base.
Related words 基地 is the standard Japanese word for a military or operational base, while ベース is a katakana loanword often used for the same idea in a slightly more casual or expedition-related tone.
拠点 is a common formal term for a strategic base of operations, while ベース is a looser katakana word covering the same sense of a home base.
基盤 is a formal word for an underlying foundation or infrastructure, while ベース is more casual and used broadly for whatever something is built on, such as a plan or a flavor.
塁 is the native Japanese baseball term for first, second, or third base, while ベース refers to the same base or its physical bag in a katakana style, as in ホームベース.
ベース is a broader term that can mean bass guitar, bass part, or double bass, while コントラバス specifically denotes the large upright double bass used in orchestras.
Don't confuse with ペース means the pace or speed at which something is done, while ベース means a base or basis, and the two katakana words are easily mixed up by sound.
ギター is the standard six-string guitar, while ベース refers specifically to the lower-pitched bass guitar, so the two are easily confused by beginners.
Written forms ベース Usage 100%
Standard katakana spelling and the high-priority form.
ベイス Usage <1%
Alternate katakana spelling/pronunciation; generally less common than ベース.
Etymology Katakana word corresponding to English “base”; no language-of-origin details are specified, so the exact borrowing information is left unstated.
Show 11 more monetary base; base money
base plate; base board
cell-based
bases loaded
base station
triangle baseball; baseball without second base
usage-based
standalone basis; single base; consolidated base
commercial basis; on a commercial scale
information base; knowledge base
profitable basis; paying basis
