Japanese · 8 phrases
In the Stands
Baseball is close to a religion and the cheering is organized down to per-batter fight songs. Here's the stadium roar — ike, ganbare, kattobase — plus the universal referee abuse (hetakuso shinpan!) and the exasperated bark at a blown play. Loud, cathartic, and mostly Grandma-safe.
ドンマイ donmai dohn-MYE No worries / shake it off / tough luck, forget it 頑張れ ganbare gahn-BAH-reh Go for it! / You've got this! / Come on! 行け ike EE-keh Go! / Come on! / Get in there! かっとばせ kattobase kaht-toh-BAH-seh Knock it out of the park! / crush it! 何やってんだ nani yatten da NAH-nee yaht-ten dah What are you doing?! / what was that?! 弱い yowai yo-WYE Weak / you suck / no contest 弱虫 yowamushi yo-wah-MOO-shee Coward / wimp / chicken 下手くそ審判 hetakuso shinpan heh-tah-KOO-so SHEEM-pahn Garbage ref! / the ref's blind!