三振(さんしん)

さんしん
noun
strikeout (baseball)
1. strikeout; being called out on three strikes
in baseball, when a batter accumulates three strikes and is out
三振(さんしん)を取(と)る。
Strike out the batter.
見逃(みのが)し三振(さんしん)に倒(たお)れた。
He struck out looking.
ピッチャーは10個(こ)の三振(さんしん)を奪(うば)った。
The pitcher recorded 10 strikeouts.

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 TERMS:

  • 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)
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Added 2026.1.27 20:47
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