二に塁るい手しゅ

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る

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しゅ

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Meanings

1

second baseman

Baseball position covering second base and the area between first and second.

彼かれは高こう校こう野や球きゅうで二に塁るい手しゅを務つとめている。
He plays second base in high school baseball.
二に塁るい手しゅが難むずかしいゴロをさばいた。
The second baseman handled a difficult grounder.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が二に塁るい手しゅを守まもるfor someone to play the second baseman position
彼かれは今こんシーズン、二に塁るい手しゅを守まもっている。
He is playing second base this season.
二に塁るい手しゅとして出しゅつ場じょうするto take the field as the second baseman
彼かれは二に塁るい手しゅとして出しゅつ場じょうした。
He took the field as the second baseman.
二に塁るい手しゅを務つとめるto serve in the role of second baseman
彼かれはチームで二に塁るい手しゅを務つとめている。
He serves as the second baseman on the team.

Kanji

二two, two radical (no. 7)
塁bases, fort, rampart
手hand

Related words

セカンド
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.

Don't confuse with

一いち塁るい手しゅ
二塁手 covers second base, while 一塁手 covers first base—easy to mix up because both end in 塁手.
三さん塁るい手しゅ
二塁手 plays second base, while 三塁手 plays third base—both share the 塁手 pattern and are often confused.
遊ゆう撃げき手しゅ
二塁手 covers second base, whereas 遊撃手 (shortstop) covers the area between second and third base, despite the similar-sounding compound name.

Counted with

人にん
counter for people

Etymology

Compound of 二 (ni, 'two'), 塁 (rui, 'base'), and 手 (shu, 'player').