Word Meaning 変化球

へんかきゅう henkakyuu

変化球 is read as へんかきゅう (henkakyuu) and means breaking ball (pitch).

Meaning

English

breaking ball (pitch)
curve ball
screwball

Reading

Kana

へんかきゅう

Romaji

henkakyuu

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Antonyms 直球 Rank 11396 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

変化

へんか

sidestepping

変化量

へんかりょう

variation

日変化

にちへんか

diurnal variation (temperature, etc.)

大変化

だいへんか

major change

地球化学

ちきゅうかがく

geochemistry

地球化

ちきゅうか

terraforming

経年変化

けいねんへんか

change over the years

化学変化

かがくへんか

chemical change

不変化

ふへんか

indeclinable

七変化

しちへんげ

dance in which the dancer quickly changes his clothes seven times

地球温暖化

ちきゅうおんだんか

global warming

形態機能的変化

けいたいきのうてきへんか

morphofunctional modifications

Example Sentences

フォークは野球の変化球の一つで、真っすぐに飛んできた球が打者の前で急にすとんと落ちるのが特徴です。

It is characteristic of the fork ball, one of baseball's change-ups, that a ball that flew straight will drop suddenly just before the batter.