High-school baseball and
Every August, much of the country watches high-school teams play at , a stadium near Osaka. Each prefecture sends its champion (Tokyo and Hokkaido send two), and one loss sends you home. This lesson covers the tournament, the rounds and how people talk about it. Tap to hear any line. The bar at the bottom plays a hands-free drill for walking.
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25 Kōshien words
Each card shows the word, the form used and a sentence you'd hear in August at home, at work or on the news. Ten reuse words from earlier lessons.
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How the tournament works
Teams first have to win their prefecture's tournament, mostly in July. The summer is then a straight knockout in August. There's also a spring tournament, the センバツ, in March.
| English | Say it | Note |
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- is the tournament too. = to play in the national tournament. The stadium is also the home of the Tigers (Lesson 3).
- Your prefecture's team. People cheer for their home prefecture, or the one they grew up in. Ask
- The soil. After their last game, players often scoop up (Kōshien soil) to take home.
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Four patterns to use today
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Say it in Japanese
Say each one out loud before you reveal the answer. Getting close counts.