正せい選せん手しゅ

noun

regular player; first-string player

Used in sports contexts for a player who is a regular member of the starting lineup or first team, as opposed to a substitute or reserve.

• 彼かれは今年ことしからサッカー部ぶの正せい選せん手しゅになった。

  He became a regular player on the soccer team starting this year.

• 正せい選せん手しゅとして試し合あいに出でるのは初はじめてだ。

  This is my first time playing in a match as a first-string player.