Japanese

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Kanji in this term
れん
Grade: 4
とう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

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(ren, consecutive; successive) +‎ (). For the baseball sense, is likely a shortening of 投げる (nageru, to throw), and for the internet sense, is likely a shortening of 投稿する (tōkō suru, to post).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(れん)(とう) (rentō

  1. (baseball) pitching in consecutive games
  2. (Internet) posting consecutive times
    連投(れんとう)コメント失礼(しつれい)します。
    Rentō komento shitsurei shimasu.
    Apologies for posting so many times.

Verb

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(れん)(とう)する (rentō surusuru (stem (れん)(とう) (rentō shi), past (れん)(とう)した (rentō shita))

  1. (baseball) to pitch in consecutive games
  2. (Internet) to post consecutive times

Conjugation

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Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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連投 (yeontu) (hangeul 연투)

  1. hanja form? of 연투 ((baseball) pitching in consecutive games)