選球眼

Japanese

Kanji in this term
選	球	眼
せん Grade: 4	きゅう Grade: 3	がん Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

From 選球(せんきゅう) (senkyū) + 眼(がん) (gan).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せんきゅうがん [sèńkyúꜜùgàǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ŋʲkʲɨːɡã̠ɴ]

Noun

選(せん)球(きゅう)眼(がん) • (senkyūgan) ^{←せんきうがん (senkiugan)^?}

(baseball) an eye for discerning whether a pitch is a strike or not

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
選	球	眼

Noun

選球眼 • (seon'guan) (hangeul 선구안)

hanja form^? of 선구안 (“(baseball) an eye for discerning whether a pitch is a strike or not”)