noun / ~する noun:

• receiving (a ball) - Sports term

noun / ~する noun:

• dribble (of a ball or puck); dribbling - Sports term

noun / ~する noun:

• shooting (a ball); shot (on basket, at goal, etc.) - Sports term

noun:

• shoot (of a tree or plant)
• chute
• shuuto; shootball; type of pitch commonly used in Japan - Baseball term

noun:

• winning shot (tennis, ball games)

noun:

• regulation baseball (as opposed to the variety played with a rubber ball) ➜ 軟式野球

~の noun / noun:

• unplayable (esp. golf ball) - Sports term

noun:

• in play (ball) - Sports term ➜ アウトオブプレー

noun:

• portable incense burner (ball-shaped and carried in one's clothes)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to swing late (at a ball) - Sports term

noun:

• distance (e.g. jump, flight of arrow, carry of golf ball, etc.)

noun:

• Japanese bilboquet (cup-and-ball game)

noun:

• way to hit (e.g. ball); way to swing (e.g. club)

noun:

• out of play (ball) - Sports term ➜ インプレー

noun / ~する noun:

• returning to one's base (after a fly ball) - Baseball term

noun / suffix noun:

• shooting rate (in ball games, e.g. volleyball, basketball, soccer, etc.); shooting percentage
• success rate (esp. business, e.g. sales)

noun:

• punching (a ball); fisting - Sports term
• fisting (sexual activity) ➜ フィストファック

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• high (e.g. ball in baseball); highish; on the high side
• on the expensive side; comparatively expensive ➜ 安め【やすめ】

noun:

• wait tile which produces a winning hand with a higher score - Mahjong term

godan ~す verb:

• to kick back (ball, person, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• letting (a ball) pass; missing (a grounder); error

noun:

• break and run out in billiards (9 ball, 8 ball, etc.).

~する noun:

• to keep; to put aside (for somebody); to keep possession (usu. the ball in sports); to hold one's service (tennis)

noun:

• quipu; quippu

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to knock out (e.g. homer); to slam; to send flying (e.g. a ball); to wallop (someone)

noun:

• blind pass; passing (a ball) without looking - sensitive ➜ ノールックパス

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to receive; to get
• to catch (e.g. a ball)
• to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.)
• to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to suffer (an injury); to feel (influence)
• to undergo (e.g. surgery); to take (a test); to accept (a challenge)
• to be given (e.g. life, talent) - esp. 受ける, 享ける

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to find funny; to find humorous; to be amused (by) - esp. ウケる - colloquialism - usually written using kana alone

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to follow; to succeed; to be descended from - esp. 受ける, 享ける
• to face (south, etc.)
• to be modified by - esp. 受ける, 承ける - Linguistics term
• to obtain (a pawned item, etc.) by paying a fee - esp. 請ける, now primarily used in compound words ➜ 請け出す

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be well-received; to become popular; to go down well - esp. ウケる, うける - usually written using kana alone

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in
• to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to smash
• to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to lob (e.g. grenades) ➜ 撃ち込む
• to input (data); to enter
• to devote oneself to; to go heart and soul into; to throw oneself into; to go head over heels for
• to practice hitting (baseball, tennis, etc.) - Sports term
• to hit (an opponent in kendo, boxing, etc.); to get a blow in - Martial Arts term
• to invade one's opponent's territory (in the game of go); to place a stone in an opponent's formation
• to pour (concrete, etc.) into a form