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Full Speed 全速力【ぜんそくりょく】 Japanese Lesson #72

横浜よこはまピンクソックスのサカモトは全速力ぜんそくりょく盗塁とうるいこころみたが余裕よゆうでアウトになった。

Yokohama Pink Sox’s Sakamoto attempted to steal but he was out by a large margin.

 

Vocab Breakdown

全速力(ぜんそくりょく):full speed

盗塁(とうるい): stealing bases (a baseball term)

試みる(こころみる):to attempt something, to try

余裕(よゆう): in a general sense, it means “an excess” or “abundance” of something but in this case it emphasizes that it he wasn’t even close to being safe

アウトになる:to be out (as far as I know, it’s used exactly in the same way as in English: sports, something you thought could be a romantic partner, maybe an idea)

 

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