Questions tagged [sports]
スポーツ. Language used in the context of sports. Sports-related phrases in everyday speech.
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Meaning of 小せェもんに縛られてる
Context: in a flashback, a Cuban boxer is thinking back to when he was in Cuba before seeking asylum (亡命) and migrating to America. He had just won a gold medal for his country in the Olympics.
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What's the difference between [勝負]{しょうぶ} and [試合]{しあい}
I've seen both refered to as "match". Is there some secondary usage or perhaps a connotation or nuance that separates the two?
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Meaning of 首ひねり in the following sentence
A boxer has just managed to bring down his opponent landing his final punch. However, he surprisingly goes down too. Here you can see the whole page. His trainer comments with this sentence:
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Meaning of シャキン or シャッキン used to support someone
In a manga, before the start of a boxing match, one of the boxers looks at his friends in the audience and says:
シャキ〜ン
Then they reply more or less in the same way:
しゃっきい〜ん
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Meaning of ハートしている
In a boxing match, a trainer is telling a boxer to stay away from the opponent and wait the end of the round to recover, but he doesn't listen to him. Then the trainer says this sentence:
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