軟なん式しき野や球きゅう

noun

soft baseball; rubber-ball baseball

A Japanese variant of baseball played with a hard rubber ball instead of a standard hard ball. Often contrasted with 硬式野球 (hardball baseball).

See also: 硬式野球

• 日本にほんの多おおくの学がっ校こうでは、体たい育いくの授じゅ業ぎょうで軟なん式しき野や球きゅうをします。

  Many schools in Japan play rubber-ball baseball in PE class.

• 軟なん式しき野や球きゅうは硬こう式しき野や球きゅうより球たまが柔やわらかいので、初しょ心しん者しゃでも安あん心しんです。

  Since the ball is softer than in hardball baseball, rubber-ball baseball is safe even for beginners.