How to say "batter" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 打者だしゃnounThe batter in baseball: the player at the plate trying to hit the pitch. It has nothing to do with cooking; for a flour-and-liquid mixture this is not the word you want.
- 生地きじnounThe cooking sense of 'batter': a soft flour-and-liquid mixture, as for pancakes. The same word also means dough, so context tells you which food meaning is intended.
For the sports sense — the player at bat — use 打者; for the edible flour-and-liquid mixture used in cooking, use 生地, which also means dough.
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