三さん塁るい

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

Baseball term for the third base bag or the defensive position.

〈人ひと〉が三さん塁るいに進すすむfor a runner to advance to third base
バッターはツーベースヒットで三さん塁るいに進すすんだ。
The batter advanced to third base on a double.
三さん塁るいでアウトになるto be called out at third base
走そう者しゃは三さん塁るいでアウトになった。
The runner was called out at third base.
三さん塁るいを守まもるto play the third base position
彼かれは去きょ年ねんから三さん塁るいを守まもっている。
He has been playing third base since last year.
三さん塁るいから本ほん塁るいに帰かえるto run home from third base
彼かれは三さん塁るいから本ほん塁るいに帰かえってホームインした。
He ran home from third base and scored.

サード
三塁 is the standard Japanese baseball term for third base, while サード is the equally common katakana term used in casual baseball talk.

一いち塁るい
一塁 is first base, while 三塁 is third base—learners often mix up the base numbers since the kanji differ by only one character.
二に塁るい
二塁 is second base, while 三塁 is third base—the similar kanji forms make these easy to confuse at a glance.
本ほん塁るい
本塁 is home plate where runs score, while 三塁 is the base just before it, so learners should not treat them as the same spot.

三さん塁るいUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common form in news and general use.
３さん塁るい
Numeric variant sometimes seen in box scores or informal writing.

Compound of 三 (three) and 塁 (base, fortification), directly describing the third base in baseball.