ホームラン

also: ホーム・ラン

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

Baseball term for a hit that allows the batter to round all bases and score. Also used metaphorically for a great success.

ホームランを打うつto hit a home run
彼かれは9回かいに逆ぎゃく転てんホームランを打うった。
He hit a go-ahead home run in the ninth inning.
ホームランを打うたれるto give up a home run (as a pitcher)
そのピッチャーは満まん塁るいホームランを打うたれた。
That pitcher gave up a grand slam home run.
ホームランを浴あびるto be hit hard for a home run (as a pitcher)
先せん発ぱつ投とう手しゅは初しょ回かいにホームランを浴あびた。
The starting pitcher gave up a home run in the first inning.

本ほん塁るい打だ
本塁打 is the formal, written Japanese term for a home run, while ホームラン is the everyday loanword used in casual speech and commentary.
ＨＲ
ＨＲ is a shorthand seen in scoreboards and stats, while ホームラン is the full word people actually say when talking about baseball.
ホーマー
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.
一いっ発ぱつ
ホームラン is the standard baseball term for a home run, while 一発 is a punchier, more colloquial way to refer to the same hit.
アーチ
ホームラン is the everyday, standard word for a home run, while アーチ is a more poetic term favored in sports commentary and headlines.

ホームイン
ホームラン is a home run hit by the batter, who then also scores, while ホームイン is the general act of any runner crossing home plate.

Loanword from English 'home run', adopted into Japanese baseball terminology.