タイムリー

timely, run-batted-in (baseball), RBI

Also:clutch hit

What does タイムリー mean?

タイムリー is a Japanese noun meaning timely, run-batted-in (baseball), RBI in English. It can also be translated as clutch hit depending on context. It is written as タイムリー in hiragana, and taimurii in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.