They Just Lost. Now They Are on Their Knees Filling Their Bags With Dirt.
To say with everything you have in Japanese, say 一生懸命 (isshoukenmei).
The last out lands, the team loses, and the losing side kneels down on the infield and starts scooping the dirt into their bags.
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- 最後のアウト。負けたチームが、ひざをついて土を集め始めます。 saigo no auto. maketa chiimu ga, hiza o tsuite tsuchi o atsumehajimemasu. The last out. The losing team drops to their knees and starts gathering up the dirt.
- 毎年八月、高校野球の全国大会が甲子園で行われます。 maitoshi hachigatsu, koukou yakyuu no zenkoku taikai ga koushien de okonawaremasu. Every August, the national high school baseball tournament is held at Koshien.
- 負けたら、そこで終わり。次の試合はありません。 maketara, soko de owari. tsugi no shiai wa arimasen. If you lose, that is the end. There is no next game.
- だから、負けたチームの多くは、甲子園の土を持ち帰ります。 dakara, maketa chiimu no ooku wa, koushien no tsuchi o mochikaerimasu. So most of the losing teams take home the dirt of Koshien.
- 三年生にとっては、最後の夏です。 sannensei ni totte wa, saigo no natsu desu. For the third year students, it is their last summer.
- この気持ちを、日本語で一生懸命と言います。 kono kimochi o, nihongo de isshoukenmei to iimasu. In Japanese, we call this feeling 一生懸命.
Kanji in this phrase
- 甲子園
- こうしえん
- 一生懸命
- いっしょうけんめい
- 高校野球
- こうこうやきゅう
- 毎年
- まいとし
- 三年生
- さんねんせい
- 土
- つち
- 最後
- さいご
Why this phrase
Every August the national high school baseball tournament at Koshien stops the country. It is single elimination, so one loss ends the summer, and for most third years it is the last game they will ever play for their school. The losing side kneels and carries home 甲子園の土, a handful of the infield dirt. The word underneath the whole ritual is 一生懸命.
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