soft tennis

== English == === Etymology === Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ソフトテニス (sofuto tenisu), itself a wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism) derived from soft +‎ tenis. === 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 ==== tennis royal tennis lawn tennis tennis ball ==== Translations ====