1.
number four; No. 4; the fourth
The fourth item in a numbered sequence or order, such as a seat, counter window, or bus route.
私の席は四番です。
My seat is number four.
四番のバスに乗ってください。
Please take the number four bus.
四番窓口で手続きをしてください。
Please do the paperwork at counter number four.
2.
cleanup hitter; fourth batter in the order (baseball)
The fourth spot in the batting order, traditionally filled by the team's most powerful hitter.
彼はチームの四番だ。
He is the team's cleanup hitter.
四番バッターがホームランを打った。
The cleanup hitter hit a home run.
四番は打線の中心で、最も力のある打者が務める。
The cleanup spot is the heart of the lineup, filled by the most powerful hitter.
四 (four) + the counter 番 (number in a sequence). In baseball, the fourth batter — the 四番 — is by tradition the team's strongest hitter, so the word alone often means 'cleanup hitter.'
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 四番バッター: cleanup hitter
- 四番打者: fourth batter; cleanup hitter
- 四番を打つ: to bat cleanup