てんをかせぐ – Vocabulary details

てんをかせぐ

Expression

Verb (5-dan, ぐ)

Idiomatic

1. to score points with (a person); to curry favor with (favour)

dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)

to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor

彼かれはホームラン３さん本ぼんを打うち、８てんをかせいだ。

He hit three home runs, scoring eight runs.

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