postseason
ポストシーズン
解説 Definition
「postseason」は、スポーツにおける通常のレギュラーシーズンが終わった後に行われる試合や大会の期間を指す名詞です。野球のプレーオフやワールドシリーズ、バスケットボールのNBAプレーオフなどがその代表例です。レギュラーシーズンで好成績を収めたチームだけが参加できる、より重要性の高い試合期間です。
The period of important competitive games held after a sport’s regular season, usually involving teams or players that qualified through their earlier results. Playoffs, championship series, and similar elimination rounds form part of the postseason.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
post-「後の」＋ season「シーズン」の透明な複合語で、レギュラーシーズン終了後のプレーオフ期間を指します。qualify for the postseason「ポストシーズン進出を決める」、compete in the postseason「そこで戦う」という組み合わせで覚えます。off-season は競技を行わない期間なので別物です。
Read postseason as a transparent combination: post- means “after,” and season refers to the regular schedule of games. The postseason therefore comes after the regular season and contains playoffs or championship rounds for qualified teams. Learn it through common phrases such as “qualify for the postseason,” “reach the postseason,” and “compete in the postseason.” Do not confuse it with the off-season, when regular competition has ended and teams are generally resting, training, or making personnel changes rather than playing championship games.
例文
The team's strong pitching carried them deep into the postseason.
チームの強力な投手陣がポストシーズンで彼らを大きく前進させた。
Fans were excited as their favorite team qualified for the postseason for the first time in ten years.
ファンたちは自分たちのお気に入りのチームが10年ぶりにポストシーズンに進出したことに興奮した。
The star player suffered an injury that kept him from competing in the postseason.
そのスタープレイヤーは怪我を負い、ポストシーズンの試合に出られなかった。
postseason の類義語・関連語
postseason の語源・成り立ち Etymology
英語 post-（ラテン語 post「後の」）+ season（ラテン語 satio「種まきの時期」→季節）の複合語。レギュラーシーズン「後」の期間を指す。関連語：postwar（戦後）、seasonal（季節の）。post-は「後」を表す接頭辞として多くの語に使われる。
Postseason is an English compound of post-, “after,” and season. The prefix post- comes from Latin post, meaning “after” or “behind,” and appears in words such as postwar. Season reached English through Old French from Latin satio, originally referring to sowing or a suitable time for an activity. In modern sports vocabulary, the compound specifically names the competitive period following the regular season.
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