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야구

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Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 野球, an orthographic borrowing from Japanese ()(きゅう) (yakyū).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈja̠(ː)ɡu]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yagu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yagu
McCune–Reischauer?yagu
Yale Romanization?yākwu

Noun

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야구 (yagu) (hanja 野球)

  1. baseball (ball game)
    Synonym: 베이스볼 (beiseubol)

Derived terms

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