バッターのイチローは、目の覚めるような２塁打を打った。

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English Translation

Ichiro hit an eye-popping double.

Furigana

バッターのイチローは、目(め)の覚(さ)めるような２塁打(るいだ)を打(う)った。

Romanji

Batta- no Ichiro- wa, me no sameru yōna ni ruida o utta.

Words

バッター (バッター)

batter

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

目 (め)

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; vision; look; stare; glance; an experience; viewpoint; stitch; texture; weave; ordinal number suffix; somewhat; -ish

覚める (さめる)

to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to regain consciousness (e.g. after anaesthesia); to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned

様だ (ようだ)

(usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; indicates hope, wish, request or mild command

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

塁打 (るいだ)

base hit

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

打つ (うつ)

to hit; to strike; to knock; to beat; to punch; to slap; to tap; to bang; to clap; to pound; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (a drum, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress; to touch; to drive in; to hammer in; to put in; to inject; to type; to send; to transmit; to insert; to write in; to mark; to make (noodles, etc.); to prepare; to till (soil); to sprinkle; to throw; to cast; to do; to carry out; to play; to perform; to engage in (gambling, etc.); to pay (a deposit, etc.); to visit (on a pilgrimage); to line (a coat); to bind (a criminal)

Kanji

目

Readings: モク、ボク、め、 -め、ま-

Meanings: eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor

覚

Readings: カク、おぼ.える、さ.ます、さ.める、さと.る

Meanings: memorize, learn, remember, awake, sober up

塁

Readings: ルイ、ライ、スイ、とりで

Meanings: bases, fort, rampart, walls, base(ball)

打

Readings: ダ、ダアス、う.つ、う.ち-、ぶ.つ

Meanings: strike, hit, knock, pound, dozen