エース えーす noun ace; top player; ace (playing card) sports 1. ace; star player; top performer The leading player on a sports team, or by extension the most reliable person in a group. Most commonly used for the starting pitcher in baseball. 彼(かれ)はチームのエースだ。🔊 He's the ace of the team. エース投手(とうしゅ)が先発(せんぱつ)した。🔊 The ace pitcher started the game. 営業(えいぎょう)部(ぶ)のエースとして大型(おおがた)案件(あんけん)を次々(つぎつぎ)と獲得(かくとく)している。🔊 As the ace of the sales department, she is winning major deals one after another. 2. ace (playing card) The ace in a deck of playing cards. ハートのエースを引(ひ)いた。🔊 I drew the ace of hearts. エースが二枚(にまい)揃(そろ)った。🔊 I got two aces. ポーカーではエースが一番(いちばん)強(つよ)いカードとして扱(あつか)われる。🔊 In poker, the ace is treated as the strongest card. From English "ace." The sports/figurative sense is by far the more common use in everyday Japanese.SENSE 1 (top player):エース投手(とうしゅ): ace pitcherチームのエース: team's ace不動(ふどう)のエース: unshakable ace; permanent fixture as ace営業(えいぎょう)のエース: top salespersonSENSE 2 (card):ハートのエース: ace of heartsエースを引(ひ)く: to draw an aceSimilar words主力(しゅりょく): main force; key member — overlaps with sense 1 but is broader and less individual花形(はながた): star (player/performer) — more about glamour and popularity than reliability Related Words Compare: 主力(しゅりょく) (main force) Compare: 花形(はながた) (star) general Added 2026.6.1 13:07 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02 28500/28537_eesu