外がい野や

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Meanings

outfield

Baseball term for the grassy area beyond the infield. Contrasts with 内野 (infield).

外がい野やを守まもるto play defense in the outfield
彼かれは高こう校こう時じ代だい、外がい野やを守まもっていた。
In high school, he played outfield.
外がい野やで応おう援えんするto cheer from the outfield bleachers
ファンたちは外がい野やで応おう援えんしていた。
The fans were cheering from the outfield bleachers.
外がい野やから口くちを出だすto butt in from the sidelines (as an uninvolved party)
関かん係けいない人ひとが外がい野やから口くちを出だすのはやめてほしい。
I wish people not involved would stop butting in from the sidelines.
外がい野やに飛とばすto hit the ball to the outfield
バッターはボールを外がい野やに飛とばした。
The batter hit the ball out to the outfield.
外がい野やの声こえを気きにするto worry about what outsiders/onlookers are saying
外がい野やの声こえを気きにしすぎると、自じ分ぶんの判はん断だんができなくなる。
If you worry too much about what onlookers say, you lose the ability to judge for yourself.

外がい野や手しゅ sense 2
外野手 is the full, formal term for an outfielder, while 外野 is the common abbreviated form used especially in casual speech and broadcasting.
部ぶ外がい者しゃ sense 4
部外者 refers to someone who is formally not a member of a group, whereas 外野 used figuratively refers to people who comment on a matter from outside without direct involvement.
傍ぼう観かん者しゃ sense 4
傍観者 emphasizes passively watching a situation without acting, while 外野 used figuratively implies onlookers who actively voice opinions from the sidelines.

内ない野や sense 1
内野 is the infield, the area enclosed by the bases, and is the direct opposite of 外野, the outfield beyond it.

外がい野や手しゅ
外野 refers to the outfield area itself, whereas 外野手 refers to the player who plays there.

Compound of 外 (outside) and 野 (field). The baseball senses are calques from English, while the figurative 'outsider' sense is a native extension.