エースeesu

1. noun, card gamesace
   僕ぼくの所ところにエースが４枚まい来きている。↗

   I have been dealt four aces.
2. noun, sportsace (of a team); leading player; ace pitcher (in baseball)
   彼かれはエースピッチャーです。↗

   He is an ace pitcher.
3. nounace; hotshot; top dog; top hand; wunderkind
4. noun, sportsace (serve)

• SynonymナンバーワンNeutralLoanword for number one, the best of all; 「エース」 is the most reliable mainstay within a team.
• RelatedスーパースターCasualColloquial loanword for a world-class superstar; 「エース」 focuses on being a team's ace and mainstay.
• RelatedチャンピオンNeutralLoanword for a champion or winner; 「エース」 is a team's main player, who need not have won a title.
• RelatedスターCasualColloquial loanword for a popular star; 「エース」 stresses the player the team relies on to deliver.
• Related名人めいじんNeutralA master of refined skill, as in 「料理の名人」; also a title in board games. 「エース」 leans toward a team's mainstay.
• Related王者おうじゃWrittenWritten style: a monarch, or the strongest figure in a field; 「エース」 is a team's main player.
• Related巨匠きょしょうFormalFormal: a great master, especially of the arts; 「エース」 leans toward mainstays in sports or the workplace.
• Related花形はながたNeutralA star player who draws the most attention, as in 「花形選手」; 「エース」 stresses being the team's strength.
• Related明星みょうじょうWrittenWritten style: originally Venus, the morning star; now an outstanding figure in a field. 「エース」 leans toward a team mainstay.
• Related達人たつじんNeutralA master of learning or an art; 「エース」 leans toward the mainstay of a team.
• Related千両役者せんりょうやくしゃCasualColloquial: originally a top-rate actor; now someone who shines at a critical moment. 「エース」 is a team's regular mainstay.
• Related立役者たてやくしゃNeutralThe key figure behind a success; 「エース」 is the team's regular, everyday mainstay.
• Antonym凡庸ぼんようWrittenWritten style: being mediocre and unremarkable — the opposite of an outstanding 「エース」.

Use 「エース」 for a team's mainstay or ace pitcher, as in 「チームのエース」. Say 「チャンピオン」 for a champion, 「花形」 for a star player in the spotlight, 「立役者」 for the key contributor, 「名人」 or 「達人」 for a master of a craft; 「凡庸」 is the opposite.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. トランプのAに当あたるカード。
2. テニス・卓球たっきゅうなどで相手あいてが触ふれることのできないボールの総称そうしょう。→サービスエース・スマッシュエース
3. ゴルフで、ホールインワンの別称べっしょう。
4. 最もっともすぐれた人ひと。代表格だいひょうかく。
5. 野球やきゅうやソフトボールで、主力しゅりょく投手とうしゅ。