マイナーリーグ

まいなーりーぐ
noun
minor league
sports
1. minor league
The lower-level professional leagues below the top league, especially in American baseball, where players develop before reaching the majors.
マイナーリーグで活躍(かつやく)する。
To play actively in the minor leagues.
彼(かれ)はマイナーリーグから這(は)い上(あ)がった。
He clawed his way up from the minor leagues.
マイナーリーグで結果(けっか)を残(のこ)せば、メジャー昇格(しょうかく)のチャンスがある。
If you produce results in the minor leagues, you have a chance of being promoted to the majors.

A loanword from English "minor league," contrasting with メジャーリーグ (the major leagues). Refers mainly to the developmental levels of American professional baseball.

Common collocations

Similar words

  • メジャーリーグ: major league — the top professional level, the antonym
  • 二軍(にぐん): farm team, second squad — the equivalent developmental level in Japanese baseball
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