バスケット

ばすけっと
noun
basket; basketball
toolsports
1. basket; woven container
A container, typically woven from cane, wire, or plastic, used for carrying or holding things.
Put it in the shopping basket.
I served the bread arranged in a basket.
I put the laundry in a basket and carried it up to the second floor.
2. basketball
The sport of basketball, or informally a game of it. A short form of バスケットボール.
My younger brother is good at basketball.
I played basketball with friends after school.
I'm thinking of joining the basketball club in high school.

A loanword from English "basket." Sense 2 is a short form of バスケットボール; in casual speech the even shorter バスケ is more common for the sport.

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Similar words

  • かご: basket — the native word for an everyday woven or wire container
  • バスケ: the most common spoken abbreviation for the sport of basketball

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