Short for ボール紙 (bōru-gami): non-corrugated cardboard, pasteboard / Short for 段ボール (danbōru): corrugated cardboard

ball (formal dance event)

(baseball) back-to-back home runs

(baseball) walk-off home run (the home run at the end of the 9th innings, which wins the game)

(baseball) called shot

to hit, to beat, to strike / to give a speech

adds emphasis to the verb, (e.g. 打(う)ち寄(よ)せる (uchiyoseru), 打(う)ち捨(す)てる (uchisuteru), 打(う)ち続(つづ)く (uchitsuzuku))

add emphasis to the verb, violently, strongly, quickly, suddenly, (e.g. 打(ぶ)ち込(こ)む (buchikomu), ぶっ殺(ころ)す (bukkorosu), ぶん殴(なぐ)る (bunnaguru))

Alternative form of 打ち

(baseball, softball) Synonym of 四球 (shikyū, “walk”)