残ざん塁るい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

runner left on base; leaving runners on base

Baseball term for runners remaining on base without scoring when an inning or scoring chance ends. Used as a noun and also with する for a runner being left on base.

• この試し合あいは残ざん塁るいが多おおく、なかなか得とく点てんできなかった。

  In this game, they left many runners on base and could not score easily.

• 九きゅう回かい裏うら、二人ふたりの走そう者しゃが残ざん塁るいした。

  In the bottom of the ninth, two runners were left on base.

noun

remnant fort; remaining fortification

Original, rare non-baseball sense referring to a fort or stronghold that remains. In modern Japanese it is much less common than the baseball sense.

• 古ふるい用よう法ほうでは、残ざん塁るいは戦せん場じょうなどに残のこったとりでを指さす。

  In older usage, 残塁 refers to a fort left behind, such as on a battlefield.