ベース

See also: ペース

See also: ヘーズ and ペース

Japanese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English base.

Noun

ベース • (bēsu) 

1. base (bottom, foundation)
2. base (something on which something else rests)
3. (baseball) base

   Synonym: 塁 (rui)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bass.

Noun

ベース • (bēsu) 

1. (music) (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) bass (low spectrum of sound)

   Synonym: バス (basu)

2. (music) bass (instrument)

   ベースの弾(ひ)き方(かた)

   bēsu no hikikata

   the way to play a bass; how to play a bass

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English BACE.

Noun

ベース • (bēsu) 

1. (biochemistry) BACE (beta-site APP cleaving enzyme)