ball

Japanese: ボール

〘noun〙 (ball)① Something spherical. Especially a ball made of leather, rubber, or celluloid used in sports and games. Tama. Mari. ※Fude Makase (1884-92)〈Masaoka Shiki〉 1. "The pitcher's throw of the ball is limited to nine times." ② A sport that uses a ball. Also, playing with a ball by throwing it. ※Thirty Years of Hot Ball (1934)〈Toda Hoshu〉 The appearance of the great pitcher Goro "I want to enter Waseda and play ball." ③ In baseball, a ball that the pitcher throws to the batter according to the rules, but that is not a strike. ※Shinshiki Baseball Jutsu (1898)〈Takahashi Yujiro〉 6. "When the pitcher throws such a bad ball and the batter does not hit it, the umpire calls it a 'ball.'"

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〘noun〙 (bowl) A bowl. A bowl (wan) . A donburi. A deep bowl used especially in cooking for mixing and kneading ingredients. ※Banana (1959) from Shishi Bunroku Shokuho "To the maid who had lined up bowls, plates, and various ingredients."

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〘Noun〙 (from the meaning of "paperboard") Abbreviation of "Bowlgami (━paper)". ※Shakai Hyakuhomen (1897)〈Matsubara Iwagoro〉Inside affairs of a craftsman "Materials for paperboards (bowls) , duck, chintz, etc."

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*Taikoki (1625) - "For those who don't drink, we will treat them to kasutera, horumu, karumehiru (abbreviation) and other dishes."

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (ball)① 球形のもの。特に、スポーツや遊戯に用いる、革、ゴム、セルロイドなどでつくった球。たま。まり。※筆まかせ（1884‐92）〈正岡子規〉一「pitcher の投げるボールも九度を限りとす」② 球を用いるスポーツ。また、球を投げたりして遊ぶこと。※熱球三十年（1934）〈飛田穂洲〉大投手五郎の出現「早稲田へ入学してボールをやりたいと思ふのですが」③ 野球で、投手が打者に対して規定通りに投げた球でストライクにならない球。※新式ベースボール術（1898）〈高橋雄次郎〉六「此様なよくない球を投者が出し、打者が撃たない時は、審判官は『ボール』と呼びます」