Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ごう
Grade: S
そく > そっ
Grade: 3
きゅう
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
豪速球

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) ーそっきゅう [gòósóꜜkkyùù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɡo̞ːso̞k̚ʲkʲɨᵝː]

Noun

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(ごう)(そっ)(きゅう) (gōsokkyū

  1. (baseball) fierce fastball
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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN