# basketball: Japanese–English dictionary

Canonical URL: https://anaversity.com/dictionary/japanese-english/basketball
Language pair: Japanese and English
CEFR level: A1
Part of speech: noun
IPA: /ˈbæskɪtbɔːl/
Katakana pronunciation: バスケットボール

## Meaning in English
A team sport where two teams of five players try to throw a ball through a raised hoop to score points. 'He plays basketball at his school.' In everyday Japanese speech, the sport is often shortened to 'basuke' (バスケ), similar to how Americans say 'hoops' informally. In English, the short form 'hoops' or 'ball' is used colloquially: 'Let's shoot some hoops.'
### 日本語の意味
5人ずつの2チームがボールを高いフープに投げ込んでポイントを競うチームスポーツです。'He plays basketball at his school.'（彼は学校でバスケットボールをしている）。日本語では「バスケ」と略されますが、英語でもくだけた会話では'hoops'や'ball'が使われます（'Let's shoot some hoops.'）。

### Examples
- 放課後に友達とバスケをした。
  - English: I played basketball with my friends after school.
- NBAはアメリカで最も人気のあるプロバスケリーグだ。
  - English: The NBA is the most popular professional basketball league in America.
- シュートの練習をしに体育館に行こう。
  - English: Let's go to the gym to practise shooting hoops.

## English equivalents
- basketball
## Japanese equivalents
- バスケットボール
- バスケ
- 篭球

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