Last Updated：2025/11/20

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on the ball

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Source Word

on the ball

Prepositional phrase

idiomatic

Japanese Meaning

（慣用表現として）注意深く、機敏で、物事に対して迅速に対応できる状態。 / （スポーツ）ボールを巧みにコントロールしている、または支配している状態。 / （オーストラリアンフットボール）ミッドフィールダーとしてプレーしている状態。

What is this buttons?

The new manager is really on the ball and fixed the issue within hours.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

新しいマネージャーは非常に機敏で注意深く、問題を数時間以内に解決しました。

Sense（1）

(idiomatic) Alert, active, or attentive; on top of things.

If I had been more on the ball I would have asked when he called me.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（2）

(sports) Being in control of the ball.

...Rovers were also aided by some poor defending from West Brom, whose lapses at the back undid their excellent work on the ball and condemned Roberto di Matteo's Baggies side to a third straight defeat.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（3）

(Australian rules football) Playing as a midfielder.

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