Word details

投手

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 投手.

Dictionary

Entry

投手うしゅNounFreq #23820
1

Baseball

pitcher

Examples
その救助投手でエースの代わりはとても務まらなかった。
The relief pitcher was no substitute for the ace.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss

7 strokesFrequency 236JLPT N2Grade 3

On

トウ

Kun

な.げる-な.げ

hand

4 strokesFrequency 60JLPT N4Grade 1

On

シュ

Kun

て--てた-

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