大(だい)リーグ

だいりーぐ
noun
the Major Leagues (baseball)
leisure
1. the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball
The top professional baseball league in the United States. Used in Japanese to refer to MLB, especially in the context of Japanese players competing there.
彼(かれ)は大(だい)リーグで活躍(かつやく)している。
He is active in the Major Leagues.
大(だい)リーグに挑戦(ちょうせん)する日本人選手(にほんじんせんしゅ)が増(ふ)えている。
The number of Japanese players taking on the Major Leagues is increasing.
子供(こども)の頃(ころ)から大(だい)リーグの選手(せんしゅ)になるのが夢(ゆめ)だった。
Since childhood, my dream was to become a Major League player.

Usage

A Japanese coinage combining 大(だい) (big, major) with リーグ (league). More colloquial and traditional than the loanword メジャーリーグ, which is also widely used. 大(だい)リーグ has a nostalgic feel, associated with classic baseball manga and older media coverage.

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