直球

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Chinese

straight; vertical; frank
straight; vertical; frank; directly; straightly; upright
 
 ball; sphere
simp. and trad.
(直球) 		直 球
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Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 直(ちょっ)球(きゅう) (chokkyū, “four-seam fastball”)

Pronunciation

Noun

直球

  1. (baseball) fastball
  2. (figurative, Internet slang) straightforward
    直球式戀愛／直球式恋爱  ―  zhíqiú shì liàn'ài  ―  in a relationship characterized by straightforwardness.

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
直 球
ちょく > ちょっ
Grade: 2 		きゅう
Grade: 3
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Pronunciation

Noun

直(ちょっ)球(きゅう) • (chokkyū) 

  1. (baseball) straight; four-seam fastball
  2. (by extension) straightforward
    直球(ちょっきゅう)で指摘(してき)する
    chokkyū de shiteki suru
    to straightforwardly point out

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
直球

Noun

直球 • (jikgu) (hangeul 직구)

  1. hanja form? of 직구 (“fastball”)
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