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.
He recorded three hits in today's game.
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

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