gateball
- noun
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gateball
- In gateball, there are two teams, red and white, with five players to a team.
- gateball players
- gateball club
- gateball courts
Examples
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Today, it is estimated that there are between 3 and 6 million regular gateball players in Japan, with active participation by both men and women.
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Members of the gateball club had a short stone divider a few inches high built between the newly marked gateball courts to keep the balls from rolling from one court to the next.
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Most elderly gateball players claimed, however, that they no longer had any responsibilities other than to maintain their health.
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In addition to making the case for themselves as responsible stewards of the land, Japanese Brazilian gateball organizers have emphasized the benefits of gateball, particularly for the elderly, whose health and welfare city officials have started to become more conscious of in recent years.
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In 2002, Toru Honda, the president of the Paulista Gateball Federation, claimed that there were more than 20,000 registered gateball players in Brazil.
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In gateball, there are two teams, red and white, with five players to a team.
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Most elderly gateball players claimed, however, that they no longer had any responsibilities other than to maintain their health.
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Today, it is estimated that there are between 3 and 6 million regular gateball players in Japan, with active participation by both men and women.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word gateball comes from Japan and uses the English words gate ('a frame to pass through') and ball ('a round object'). In the sport, teams use mallets to hit balls through small gates, so the name simply describes the game.
