09/03/16 23:16:25 iB3Euv5F0
ESPNの「日本の野球」紹介おもしろいｗ
中馬庚が「野球」という言葉を作ったエピソードから紹介してるよ。
URLﾘﾝｸ(sports.espn.go.com)
Japanese Speak: Baseball is Japan is known simply as "Yakyu," or field ball. In 1894, Kanoe
Chuma, a former player translated baseball in the English-Japanese dictionary as yakyu and
ever since it has been the name for baseball. "Yusho!" means victory. Other notable
phrases are "Pure boru!" (Play Ball!); "Ganbare!" (which means "good luck," shouted at
players); and "Gaijin" or "Suketto" to describe a foreign-born player.