満塁

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 満塁 is read as まんるい and means the bases-loaded situation in baseball.
• Basic usage: It can describe a scoring opportunity arising with the bases loaded or the situation in which a batter comes to the plate.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• As an opportunity
  • 満塁の好機 presents the bases-loaded state as a favorable scoring opportunity. Example: 九回裏に満塁の好機が訪れた。
• As the game situation
  • In 満塁で打席に立つ, で marks the bases-loaded situation in which the player bats. Example: 満塁で打席に立った選手へ声援が飛んだ。