一塁手

See also: 一壘手

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	塁	手
いち Grade: 1	るい Grade: S	しゅ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
一壘手 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

一塁(いちるい) (ichirui, “first base”) + 手(しゅ) (-shu, “-man; -woman; -er”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いちるいしゅ [ìchírúꜜìshù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [it͡ɕiɾɯ̟iɕɨ]

Noun

一(いち)塁(るい)手(しゅ) • (ichiruishu)

(baseball, softball) a first baseperson; a first baseman; a first basewoman

Synonyms

ファースト (fāsuto)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN