エース
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エース (ēsu): four aces.
Japanese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
- (card games) an ace (card with a single spot)
- 2000 July 7 [2000 May 17], Seimaru Amagi with Sato, Fumiya, “FILE 1 殺人ポーカー Unlucky Men in the Rain 〈問題編〉”, in 明智警視の優雅なる事件簿 [Superintendent Akechi Elegant Case Files], 3rd edition (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN:
- 赤菱さんのカードは８とＪのツーペア‥‥三矢さんはＡのスリーカード 雲間さんはＱのワンペア 緑川さんは役なし‥‥
- Akabishi-san no kādo wa hachi to jakku no tsū pea‥‥ Mitsuya-san wa ēsu no surī kādo Kumoma-san wa kuīn no wan pea Midorikawa-san wa buta‥‥
- Akabishi-san’s hand would have a two pair, eights and jacks‥‥ Mitsuya-san’s a three of a kind, aces. Kumoma-san’s a one pair, queens. Midorikawa-san’s a high card‥‥
- (gambling) an ace (die face with a single spot)
- (sports) an ace (best player on the team)
- (tennis) an ace (point scored without the opponent hitting the ball)
- (baseball) an ace (best pitcher on the team)
See also
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| エース (ēsu, “ace”) | ツー (tsū, “two”), 二 (ni, “two”), デュース (dyūsu, “deuce”) |
スリー (surī, “three”), 三 (san, “three”), トレイ (torei, “trey”) |
フォー (fō, “four”), 四 (yon, “four”), ケイト (keito, “cater”) |
ファイブ (faibu, “five”), 五 (go, “five”), シンク (shinku, “cinque”) |
シックス (shikkusu, “six”), 六 (roku, “six”), サイス (saisu, “sice”) |
セブン (sebun, “seven”), 七 (nana, “seven”) |
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| エイト (eito, “eight”), 八 (hachi, “eight”) |
ナイン (nain, “nine”), 九 (kyū, “nine”) |
テン (ten, “ten”), 十 (jū, “ten”) |
ジャック (jakku, “jack”) | クイーン (kuīn, “queen”) | キング (kingu, “king”) | ジョーカー (jōkā, “joker”) |
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN