三振(さんしん)

Baseball term

三振(さんしん) combines 三(さん) (three) + 振(しん) (swing). It refers to accumulating three strikes.

Types of strikeouts

• 空振(からぶ)り三振(さんしん) - swinging strikeout
• 見逃(みのが)し三振(さんしん) - called strikeout (looking)

Common collocations

• 三振(さんしん)を取(と)る/奪(うば)う - to strike out (as pitcher)
• 三振(さんしん)に倒(たお)れる - to strike out (as batter)
• 三振(さんしん)を喫(きっ)する - to suffer a strikeout

Statistics

• 奪(うば)三振(さんしん) - strikeouts (pitcher stat)
• 三振率(さんしんりつ) - strikeout rate

Scorekeeping

In Japanese scorekeeping, K is used for strikeouts as in English.

Related words

• 空振(からぶ)り - swing and miss
• 見逃(みのが)し - called strike
• 四球(しきゅう) - walk (base on balls)