soft tennis

English

Etymology

Calque of Japanese ソフトテニス (sofuto tenisu), from English soft +‎ tennis.

Noun

soft tennis (uncountable)

(sports) A variant of tennis, developed in Japan, differing in the tennis ball used, from regular tennis (lawn tennis), having a softer rubber ball.

Related terms

Translations

variant of tennis

Italian: soft tennis m
Japanese: ソフトテニス (ja) (sofutotenisu), ソフテニ (sofuteni)

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