No. 2,019 in Japanese
バスケットボール
Basketball.
In a sentence
私は毎週日曜日にバスケットボールをします。
I play basketball every Sunday.
The word 'バスケットボール' in this sentence is used as a noun to denote the sport of basketball.
彼はアメリカでバスケットボールを学びました。
He learned basketball in America.
The term 'バスケットボール' serves as the name of the activity that he learned abroad.
バスケットボールの試合を観るのが好きです。
I like watching basketball games.
Here, 'バスケットボール' references the games associated with basketball that the speaker enjoys watching.
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