No. 4,097 in Japanese
ホームラン
"Home run" in baseball.
In a sentence
彼は試合でホームランを打った。
He hit a home run during the game.
ホームラン indicates a successful action in sports (baseball in this case) by hitting the ball out of the field.
彼のスピーチは素晴らしくて、観客からはホームランのような反応があった。
His speech was excellent and received a response similar to hitting a home run from the audience.
ホームラン metaphorically expresses an outstanding achievement.
このビジネスの新製品は、我が社にとってのホームランですね。
This new product for our business is like a home run for our company.
ホームラン symbolically denotes a very successful result or outcome.
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