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ホーマー (hoomaa) Japanese meaning: homer | Kotomora

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Meanings

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homer; home run

Baseball term for a home run. Compared with the very common ホームラン, ホーマー has a sport-journalism or baseball-commentary feel; 本塁打 is the more formal Japanese equivalent.

彼かれは九きゅう回かいに逆ぎゃく転

てん

ホーマー

を

打う

っ

た

。

He hit a come-from-behind homer in the ninth inning.

Usage patterns

ホーマーを打うつto hit a homer
彼かれは9回かいに決けっ勝しょうホーマーを打うった。
He hit the go-ahead homer in the ninth inning.
〈数かず〉本ほんのホーマーa certain number of home runs
今こんシーズン、彼かれは30本ぽんのホーマーを放はなった。
This season, he hit 30 home runs.
ホーマーを浴あびる(of a pitcher) to give up a homer
投とう手しゅは満まん塁るいホーマーを浴あびて涙なみだを見みせた。
The pitcher gave up a grand slam and showed tears.

Related words

ホームランN3
ホームラン is the everyday, universally used word for a home run, while ホーマー is a more jargon-like term favored in baseball commentary and journalism.
本ほん塁るい打だ
本塁打 is the formal, written term used in statistics and news reports, whereas ホーマー has a more casual sports-commentary feel.

Counted with

本ほんN5
Used for baseball home runs in Japanese.

Word family

ソロホーマー
solo home run; solo homer
ランニングホーマー
inside-the-park home run; running homer

Etymology

Written in katakana as a baseball term. No language-of-origin details are specified, so the historical derivation is left unspecified.