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リターンエース (ritaaneesu) Japanese meaning: return ace | Kotomora

リターンエース

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Meanings

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return ace; unhittable return

Tennis term for a service return so good that the server cannot reach it, winning the point outright.

彼かれは強きょう烈れつなリターンエースを決きめて、ブレーク

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成せい

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He hit a powerful return ace and broke serve.

あのリターンエースは相あい手てのサーブを完かん全ぜんに読よみ切きっていた。

That return ace showed he had completely read his opponent's serve.

Related words

エース
An ace is an unreturnable serve; a return ace is an unreturnable return of serve.
サービスエース
Service ace is a synonym for ace; return ace is the return equivalent.

Built from

リターン+エース

Written forms

リターン・エース
- リターンエース
  Variant with interpunct, sometimes seen in tennis contexts.
- リターン・エース

Etymology

Wasei-eigo formed from English 'return' and 'ace', used in tennis.