本ほん塁るい打だ

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Meanings

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Baseball term for a hit that allows the batter to round all bases and score a run.

彼かれは試し合あいで本ほん塁るい打だを打うった。
He hit a home run in the game.

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Usage patterns

本ほん塁るい打だを打うつto hit a home run
彼かれは9回かいに本ほん塁るい打だを打うった。
He hit a home run in the ninth inning.
本ほん塁るい打だを放はなつto hit/smash a home run (more formal, often used in sports reporting)
新しん人じん選せん手しゅがデビュー戦せんで本ほん塁るい打だを放はなった。
The rookie player smashed a home run in his debut game.
〈数かず〉本ほん塁るい打だを記き録ろくするto record a certain number of home runs (season total)
彼かれは今こんシーズン30本ほん塁るい打だを記き録ろくした。
He recorded 30 home runs this season.

Kanji

本book, present, main
塁bases, fort, rampart
打strike, hit, knock

Related words

ホームランN3
ホームラン is the everyday spoken word for a home run, while 本塁打 is the more formal term used in official statistics and sports journalism.
一いっ発ぱつ
一発 is casual baseball slang for a home run (as in 一発出た), whereas 本塁打 is the neutral, formal term.
ホーマー
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.

Don't confuse with

三さん塁るい打だ
三塁打 (a triple) stops the batter at third base, whereas 本塁打 (a home run) lets the batter round all the bases and score, so learners should not confuse the two despite the shared 塁打 ending.
二に塁るい打だ
本塁打 is a home run, while 二塁打 is only a double (two-base hit), so don't mix up the very different outcomes despite the similar 〜打 form.

Counted with

本ほんN5
book; volume; script · this; present; current; in question · main; head; principal · real; genuine; regular; proper · counter for long cylindrical objects; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls

Word family

本ほん塁るい打だ王おう
home run king; home run leader
最さい多た本ほん塁るい打だ
most home runs

Built from

本ほん+塁るい打だ

Etymology

Compound of 本塁 (home base) and 打 (hit).