Illustration: On a Japanese riverside baseball ground, a batter in a helmet has just swung through a pitch, while the catcher crouches behind home plate with an open mitt. The baseball is visible arriving safely in the catcher's glove. A pitcher and the first and third bases establish the diamond beyond them.

JLPT N5nounLevel estimated by Bebop

野や球きゅう

yakyuu

baseball

Example sentences

  1. さぁ、野球やきゅうをしよう！

    Let’s play baseball!

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  2. 野球やきゅうをするのは楽たのしい。

    It is fun to play baseball.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 野球やきゅうは好すきじゃないの？

    Don’t you like baseball?

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Kanji in 野球

  • 野plains; fieldOnヤ・ショKunの・の-
  • 球ball; sphereOnキュウKunたま

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