エース

Japanese
エース (ēsu): four aces.

Etymology

Borrowing from English ace.[1][2][3][4][5]

Pronunciation

Noun

エース (rōmaji ēsu)

  1. (card games) an ace (card with a single spot)
    • 2000 July 7 [May 17 2000], Amagi, Seimaru; Sato, Fumiya, “FILE 1　殺さつ人じんポーカー　Unlucky Men in the Rain　〈問もん題だい編へん〉 [FILE 1: Murderous Poker: Unlucky Men in the Rain ‹Problem›]”, in 明智警視の優雅なる事件簿 [Superintendent Akechi Elegant Case Files] (fiction), 3rd edition, Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN:
      赤あか菱びしさんのカードは８とＪジャックのツーペア‥‥三みつ矢やさんはＡエースのスリーカード　雲くも間まさんはＱクイーンのワンペア　緑川さんは役なしブタ‥‥
      Akabishi-san no kādo wa hachi to jakku no tsū pea‥‥ Mitsuya-san wa ēsu no surī kādo Kumoma-san wa kuīn no wan pea Midorikawa-san wa buta‥‥
      Akabishi-san’s hand would have a two pair, eights and jacks‥‥ Mitsuya-san’s a three of a kind, aces. Kumoma-san’s a one pair, queens. Midorikawa-san’s a high card‥‥
  2. (gambling) an ace (die face with a single spot)
  3. (sports) an ace (best player on the team)
  4. (tennis) an ace (point scored without the opponent hitting the ball)
  5. (baseball) an ace (best pitcher on the team)

See also
Playing cards in Japanese · トランプ (toranpu) (layout · text)
エース (ēsu, “ace”) ツー (tsū, “two”),
二 (に) (ni, “two”),
デュース (dyūsu, “deuce”)		 スリー (surī, “three”),
三 (さん) (san, “three”),
トレイ (torei, “trey”)		 フォー (fō, “four”),
四 (よん) (yon, “four”),
ケイト (keito, “cater”)		 ファイブ (faibu, “five”),
五 (ご) (go, “five”),
シンク (shinku, “cinque”)		 シックス (shikkusu, “six”),
六 (ろく) (roku, “six”),
サイス (saisu, “sice”)		 セブン (sebun, “seven”),
七 (なな) (nana, “seven”)
エイト (eito, “eight”),
八 (はち) (hachi, “eight”)		 ナイン (nain, “nine”),
九 (きゅう) (kyū, “nine”)		 テン (ten, “ten”),
十 (じゅう) (jū, “ten”)		 ジャック (jakku, “jack”) クイーン (kuīn, “queen”) キング (kingu, “king”) ジョーカー (jōkā, “joker”)

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  4. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  6. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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