I teach Japanese for a living and my husband is French. Naturally, he comes to me with all of his linguistic questions. The other day, he asked me about the term ¶þµ¶Á÷ (²Ô¾±³Ù¨°ù²â¨±).
The kanji for ¶þµ¶Á÷ can be read literally as ¡°two sword flow,¡± but Japanese use it to describe someone who is talented at handling two things at the same time. At first, I had no idea where my husband¡¯s question came from. I assumed he was talking about Shohei Ohtani, who is known as a ¶þµ¶Á÷, or ¡°two-way player,¡± thanks to his abilities as both a batter and pitcher.
´ó¹ÈÏèƽ¤Ï¥Ù©`¥Ö?¥ë©`¥¹ÒÔÀ´¤Î¶þµ¶Á÷¤Ê¤ó¤À¤Ã¤Æ (?tani Shohei wa B¨¥bu R¨±su irai no ²Ô¾±³Ù¨°ù²â¨± nandatte, Shohei Ohtani is the first true two-way talent [in the majors] since Babe Ruth).
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