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かい【回】

①［回数］

**time

〖C〗［複合語で］ …回， 度

this ［next］ time 今回［次回］は

hundreds of times 何百回となく

He read the book four times over. 彼は4回もその本を読んだ

Take ［Drink］ this medicine three times a day. 1日3回この薬を飲みなさい

zero times 零回.

as often as...

［数詞句の前で］ …回も

as often as five times a week 1週間に5回も.

▲I passed the test at the third attempt ［on the third try］. 3回目で試験にパスした

play the best of three games 3回勝負をする

several bouts of fever 数回の発熱

I had two telephone calls from her. 彼女から2回電話があった

We have two deliveries every day. 配達は毎日2回あります

a serial story in three instalments 3回で完結する連載小説

lift the receiver on the second ring 2回目のベルで受話器を取る

There are two performances on Saturday. 土曜日には2回興行がある

She made two trips to the supermarket. 彼女はスーパーへ2回行ってきた

They gave the rope five turns around the man. 彼らはその男の体にロープを5回ぐるぐる巻きつけた

Give the handle another wind. 取っ手をもう1回まわしてみなさい.

¶ → 何回

②［野球・ボクシングなど］

inning

〖C〗〔野球〕イニング， 回

the top ［first half］ of the sixth inning 6回の表

*frame

〖C〗《米略式》(野球の)イニング， 回.

▲a match of 15 rounds (ボクシングの)15回戦

The Mets put the game away with two more runs in the seventh. メッツは7回にもう2点加えて試合の大勢を決めた

go ［last］ the distance 《略式》〔野球〕完投する；〔ボクシング〕最終回まで戦う

go to the limit (投手・ボクサーが)最終回まで投げる［闘う］.

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かい【回】

1 〔回数〕 a time; 〔競技の〕 a round; a game; 【野球】 an inning; 【クリケット】 an innings; 【スヌーカーなど】 a frame; 【音楽】 〖It〗 a volta 《pl. volte》.

●1回 once; one time [⇒いっかい², いちど]

・2回 twice; two times

・彼とは学内で 1, 2回顔を合わせたことがある. I've met him once or twice in the school.

・1 日 3回 〔服薬の指示〕 three times a day

・朝晩 2回食後に服用のこと (to be taken) twice a day, morning and evening after eating [meals]

・3回勝負 a match [set] (consisting) of three games

・10回戦[試合] 〔ボクシングなどの〕 a bout [fight] of ten rounds; a ten-rounder

・初[第 1]回は新委員の顔合わせだけで終わった. At the first meeting the new committee members just got to know each other.

・第 3回フルブライト奨学金アメリカ留学生 the third batch of Fulbright scholars in America

・最終回 〔連続ドラマ･連載小説などの〕 a [the] last [final] installment; 〔会合などの〕 a [the] final meeting; a [the] last get-together

・次回は来年 3 月です. The next time [session, meeting] will be in March next year. | We will meet next in March of next year.

・それでは次回をお楽しみに! Good-bye, and look forward to the next time [program, installment]!

●何回も many times; over and over again; again and again

・何十回も, 何十回となく dozens [scores] of times

・何百[何千]回も, 何百[何千]回となく hundreds [thousands] of times.

●1回で成功する succeed at one's [the] first attempt; 《口》 bring it off at the [one's] first go.

●7回の表[裏]の攻撃[守備] 〔野球の〕 《the team》 batting [fielding] in the top [bottom] of the seventh inning

・慶応は 5回の裏に 3 点を入れた. Keiō scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning.

●北海道マラソンは回を追って参加選手数が増えてきている. Every time the Hokkaidō Marathon takes place, the number of participants increases. | There are more runners in the Hokkaidō Marathon each time [every time, on each occasion].

・この件はまた回を改めて討議することとします. We'll discuss this issue on another [some other] occasion. | Let's deal with this matter some other time.

・回を重ねるごとに彼らは相手チームのピッチャーの速球に慣れていった. As inning succeeded inning, they adjusted to the opposing pitcher's fastball.

・その劇の公演は今日で 50 回目だが, 回を重ねるごとに演技がうまくなってきている. It's the fiftieth performance of the play today, and the acting gets better every time.

●もう 1回やろう. 〔将棋など〕 Let's have [play] another game. | I'll play you another (game).

・ソフトボールの試合は 7回までだ. A softball match consists of seven innings. | There are seven innings in a softball match.

・その試合は大差がついて 7回終了となった. The match ended at the seventh game [inning, innings] with one team way ahead.

・1回目の試合に勝ったものだけが 2回戦に進む. Only the winners in the first game [round] proceed to the second.

・その試験に 4回目でようやく合格した. The fourth time, I finally passed the exam. | I finally got through the exam on my fourth go.

2 【解】 a convolution; a gyrus 《pl. -ri》.

海馬回 【解】 the hippocampal convolution [gyrus].