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エース [gai1]

[n] {card games}
▶ ace

Cross references:
	⇐ see: 1124860 ポイント 11. ace
	⇐ see: 1160790 一【いち】 6. ace

[n] {sports}
▶ ace (of a team)
▶ leading player
▶ ace pitcher (in baseball)

[n]
▶ ace
▶ hotshot
▶ top dog
▶ top hand
▶ wunderkind

[n] {sports}
▶ ace (serve)

Cross references:
	⇒ see: 1055010 サービスエース 1. ace (serve; in tennis, volleyball, etc.)

History:

10.	A 2024-08-18 02:05:05 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	meikyo: スポーツで、チームの第一人者。特に、野球の主戦投手。
	Comments:	I think this is fine.
	Diff:	@@ -14,0 +15 @@ +<field>&sports;</field> @@ -17,5 +18 @@ -</sense> -<sense> -<pos>&n;</pos> -<field>&baseb;</field> -<gloss>ace pitcher</gloss> +<gloss>ace pitcher (in baseball)</gloss>
9.	A* 2024-08-16 20:10:53
	Comments:	the point is that it is specifically a/the pitcher. a batter or baseman cannot be the エース
8.	A* 2024-08-16 18:55:15 Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	progressive: 西武ライオンズのエース｜the Seibu Lions' ace pitcher 彼は我がバレーボールチームのエースアタッカーだ｜ He is the ace spiker on [((英)) in] our volleyball team. We have a priority-tagged example sentence tied to the second sense: 彼はエースピッチャーです。 \| He is an ace pitcher.
	Comments:	Not sure we need a separate sense. It seems the baseball / softball meaning is covered by sense 02.
7.	A* 2024-08-16 15:32:20
	Refs:	daijs
	Diff:	@@ -16,0 +17,5 @@ +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<field>&baseb;</field> +<gloss>ace pitcher</gloss>
6.	A 2022-08-05 11:48:15 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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5.	A* 2022-08-05 07:24:08
	Diff:	@@ -10 +10,2 @@ -<gloss>ace (playing card)</gloss> +<field>&cards;</field> +<gloss>ace</gloss>
4.	A 2020-11-03 23:34:07 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3.	A* 2020-11-03 21:46:01 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	daij, chujiten, prog gg5: 彼は営業部のエースだ.　He's the ace in the sales department. m-w: "a computer ace" collins: "an ace at driving"
	Comments:	"Ace" isn't limited to sports contexts. Added serve sense.
	Diff:	@@ -14 +14 @@ -<gloss>(sports) ace</gloss> +<gloss>ace (of a team)</gloss> @@ -18,0 +19 @@ +<gloss>ace</gloss> @@ -22,0 +24,6 @@ +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<xref type="see" seq="1055010">サービスエース</xref> +<field>&sports;</field> +<gloss>ace (serve)</gloss>
2.	A 2020-11-02 10:49:27 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1.	A* 2020-11-02 05:14:41 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	daijs chujiten heard Osaka's Gov. Yoshimura referred to as "維新(his party)のエース". this doesn't work in English, e.g. X "the ace of the Republican party" the example in daijs also: 「わが社若手のエース」
	Diff:	@@ -10 +10,13 @@ -<gloss>ace</gloss> +<gloss>ace (playing card)</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<gloss>(sports) ace</gloss> +<gloss>leading player</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<gloss>hotshot</gloss> +<gloss>top dog</gloss> +<gloss>top hand</gloss> +<gloss>wunderkind</gloss>

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