安打(あんだ)

あんだ
noun
base hit (baseball)
sports
1. base hit; hit (baseball)
In baseball, a hit that allows the batter to reach base safely. The Japanese translation of the English baseball term 'hit.'
安打(あんだ)を打(う)つ。
To get a base hit.
今日(きょう)の試合(しあい)で三(さん)安打(あんだ)を記録(きろく)した。
He recorded three hits in today's game.
イチロー選手(せんしゅ)はメジャーリーグ通算(つうさん)三千(さんぜん)安打(あんだ)を達成(たっせい)した偉大(いだい)な打者(だしゃ)だ。
Ichiro is a great batter who achieved 3,000 career hits in Major League Baseball.

Composed of 安(あん) (safe) + 打(だ) (hit, strike). A fundamental baseball term. The word ヒット (from English 'hit') is also widely used and often interchangeable in casual contexts.

Common collocations

  • 安打(あんだ)を打(う)つ — to get a hit
  • 安打(あんだ)を放(はな)つ — to deliver a hit (more formal)
  • 安打(あんだ)数(すう) — number of hits
  • 安打(あんだ)製造機(せいぞうき) — hit machine (figurative, prolific hitter)

Types of hits

Similar words

  • ヒット — hit; loanword, used interchangeably in casual speech
  • 打撃(だげき) — batting, hitting; broader term for the act of batting

Related Words

Compare: ヒット (hit)
Compare: 打撃(だげき) (batting, hitting)
Related: 打席(だせき) (at-bat, plate appearance)
Related: 打点(だてん) (RBI (run batted in))
Related: 出塁(しゅつるい) (getting on base (baseball))
Compare: 本塁打(ほんるいだ) (home run)
Compare: 塁打 (total bases (baseball))
Compare: 単打(たんだ) (single (baseball hit))
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Added 2026.3.26 23:31 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01
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