決きめ打うち

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

targeting; pinpointing; deciding on a specific target

General use for aiming at or deciding on a specific target, often in strategy or planning contexts.

• 広こう告こくを若わかい女じょ性せいに決きめ打うちする。

  We target the advertising at young women.

• 彼かれは最さい初しょからあの大だい学がくに決きめ打うちしていた。

  He had his sights set on that university from the start.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

selective hitting; swinging only at certain pitches

Baseball term for a batter deciding in advance to swing only at a specific type of pitch.

• 彼かれはストレートに決きめ打うちしてホームランを打うった。

  He sat on a fastball and hit a home run.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

forced move; having no choice in a move

Used in games like mahjong or go when a player has no alternative but to make a particular move.

• この局きょく面めんでは決きめ打うちするしかなかった。

  In this board position, I had no choice but to make that move.