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    3. 変化球

    変化球

    変へん化か球きゅう

    breaking ball (pitch)

    KMT5News #8+1NounSports & Martial ArtsKanji Vocab24 strokes

    へんかきゅう

    Noun

    1.
    breaking ball (pitch), curve ball, screwball
    baseball

    Stroke 0 / 24

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは変へん化か球きゅうを投なげます。

    He throws breaking balls.

    KMT3Sports & Martial Arts
    投とう手しゅは打だ者しゃのタイミングを外はずすために変へん化か球きゅうを多た投とうした。

    The pitcher threw many breaking balls to throw off the batter's timing.

    KMT5Sports & Martial Arts
    彼かれの提てい案あんはいつも変へん化か球きゅうで、予よそ想うが外いなのアイデアが多おおい。

    His proposals are always like a breaking ball, with many unexpected ideas.

    KMT5Daily LifeWork & Career
    彼かれの変へん化か球きゅうは、打だ者しゃの予よ測そくを裏うら切ぎるような鋭するどい切きれ味あじを持もっている。

    His breaking ball has a sharp break that betrays the batter's expectations.

    KMT6Sports & Martial Arts
    監かん督とくは、相あい手てチームの強きょう力りょくな打だ線せんに対 して変へん化か球きゅう中ちゅう心しんの配はい球きゅうを指し示じした。

    The manager instructed a breaking ball-focused pitching strategy against the opposing team's powerful lineup.

    KMT6Sports & Martial Arts

    Kanji that make up this word

    変
    か.わる・か.わり・か.える…(1)
    unusual・change・strange
    化
    ば.ける・ば.かす・ふ.ける・け.する…(2)
    change・take the form of・influence・enchant・delude…(1)
    球
    たま…(2)
    ball・sphere
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