球きゅう
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. sphere; globe; ball; bulb
Noun
Math
2. ball; sphere
Counter
Baseball
3. counter for pitches
Kanji used
sphere
Pitch accent
きゅ
う
Top 5900
Used in vocabulary (103 in total)
Earth; the globe
sphere; globe; orb; ball
fireball; bolide; fireball
(sole of the) paw; pad
globular shape; spherical shape
spherical; globular; globe-shaped
balloon (hot-air, weather, etc.); blimp
baseball stadium; ballpark
pitching; throwing a ball; bowling (in cricket); pitched ball
breaking ball (pitch); curve ball; screwball
hitting (a ball with a bat, racket, golf club, etc.); batting; batted ball; struck ball
ball game (e.g. baseball, tennis, soccer)
miracle ball; magic ball
celestial sphere; the heavens
baseball team
white ball (baseball, golf ball, etc.)
hard ball; regulation ball
return throw (esp. from an outfielder); returning the ball (in tennis, volleyball, etc.)
spherical surface; sphere
speed of a pitch; velocity
type of pitch
base on balls; walk; pass
(pitcher's) stuff
whole earth; global
baseball-playing teenager; high-school baseball player
pickoff throw; pickoff attempt
steel ball; bearing ball
good pitch (to hit); easy pitch
eosinophil; eosinophile; acidophil; acidophile; eosinophilic leukocyte; acidophilic leukocyte
the baseball world
soft ball; rubber ball
neutrophil; neutrophilic leukocyte
small ball; globule; spherule; pellet
miniature light bulb; midget lamp
(pitcher's) control
pitch that hits the batter
fast, heavy ball; fastball
cotton ball; swab
ball which is hard to hit or catch
cone; strobile; strobilus
infectious mononucleosis; mono; glandular fever
night-light bulb; (lit.) jujube bulb
official history of the Ryukyu Kingdom (compiled between 1743 and 1745); Kyūyō (poetic name for the Ryukyu Islands)
baseball all-star game
subconjunctival hemorrhage; subconjunctival bleeding; hyposphagma
prolate spheroid
characteristics of a (thrown) ball (light, heavy, etc.)
waiting for a good hit at a pitch
pickoff throw; pickoff attempt
bulbus glandis; knot (of a canid penis)
legendary player (of a ball game)
spherical segment; segment of a sphere
career of a baseball player
pickoff throw; pickoff attempt
fast, heavy ball; fastball
night-light bulb; (lit.) jujube bulb
night-light bulb; (lit.) jujube bulb
vestibular bulb; bulb of the vestibule
bulb with reservoir; double balloon
Global Times (Chinese newspaper)
Global Earth Observation System of Systems; GEOSS
bulb with reservoir; double balloon
ball-and-ring method; ring-and-ball test
polymorphonuclear leukocyte; polymorphonuclear leucocyte
bulb of penis; urethral bulb
spherical coordinates
spherical zone
spotlight bulb (e.g. in interior lighting)
wheat bulb; wheat grain light bulb
spherical cap; spherical dome
Examples (4 in total)
The ball curved slightly.
Strictly speaking, the Earth is not a sphere.
The earth is shaped like a sphere.