フォアボール

Japanese

Etymology

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from four +‎ ball, equivalent to フォア (foa) +‎ ボール (bōru).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) フォ​アボール [fóꜜà bòòrù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) フォア​ボール [fòáꜜ bòòrù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) フォアボ​ール [fòá bóꜜòrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɸo̞a̠ bo̞ːɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

フォアボール • (foa-bōru) 

1. (baseball, softball) Synonym of 四球 (shikyū, “walk”)
   • 2007 July 23, Mitsuru Adachi with Buronson, “白い夏 [White Summer]”, in SHORT(ショート) PROGRAM(プログラム) (SHORT(ショート) PROGRAM(プログラム)) [SHORT PROGRAM], volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 193:

     ヘタクソ！おまえのエラーのせいだからな！

     Hetakuso! O-mae no erā no sei da kara na!

     You idiot! It was all your fault that you made a mistake!

     うるせ！四(フォア)球(ボール)でランナー溜(た)めたのはおまえだろ！

     Uruse! Foabōru de rannā tameta no wa o-mae daro!

     No way! Stocking up runners with walks was your idea!