フォアボール

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Japanese

Etymology

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from four +‎ ball, equivalent to フォア (foa) +‎ ボール (bōru).

Pronunciation

Noun

フォアボール • (foa-bōru) 

  1. (baseball, softball) Synonym of 四球 (shikyū, “walk”)
    • 2007 July 23, Mitsuru Adachi with Buronson, “白い夏 [White Summer]”, in SHORT(ショート) PROGRAM(プログラム) [SHORT PROGRAM], volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 193:
      ヘタクソ！おまえのエラーのせいだからな！
      Hetakuso! O-mae no erā no sei da kara na!
      You idiot! It was all your fault that you made a mistake!
      うるせ！四(フォア)球(ボール)でランナー溜(た)めたのはおまえだろ！
      Uruse! Foabōru de rannā tameta no wa o-mae daro!
      No way! Stocking up runners with walks was your idea!
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