大リーグの大谷翔平が日米通算350号ホームランを達成　7月12日（日本時間13日）、ドジャース対ダイヤモンドバックスの試合の1回に先頭打者初球ホームランを放ち、今季22号　日本のプロ野球48本とメジャー302本を合わせて350本に到達、日本人では松井秀喜に次いで2人目　前半戦は打率2割9分3厘・22本塁打、投手として8勝2敗・防御率1.79

Welcome to Japanese Daily News. I'm Maya. Today is July fifteenth. Baseball star Shohei Ohtani has set another milestone, reaching three hundred fifty career home runs across Japan and the major leagues. Let's listen.

Now let's break it down, sentence by sentence.

Shohei Ohtani, who is active in America's major leagues, has set a new record again.

It means being active and doing well, playing a big role.

He is famous for playing both pitcher and batter, the so-called two-way style.

It literally means two-sword style, and here it means a two-way player.

In the first inning, as the lead-off batter, he hit the opposing pitcher's very first ball.

It means the front or the very first one in a line.

The ball flew far and became a home run.

It means to fly or to sail through the air.

Combining Japan and America, it now comes to three hundred fifty home runs for him.

It means to combine or to add things together.

He is the second Japanese player, after Hideki Matsui, to reach three hundred fifty combined home runs.

It means to reach or to arrive at a point.

In the first half of this season, as a batter he had a .293 average, twenty-two home runs, and fifty-eight runs batted in.

It means the first half of something.

As a pitcher too, over fourteen games he went eight and two with a 1.79 ERA, leaving excellent results.

It means results, grades, or a performance record.

It's in order to concentrate on healing his left knee.

It means concentration, focusing on one thing.

Fans are looking forward to even more great play from him.

It means something you look forward to, a pleasure.

Let's listen to the whole story one more time.

Time for a short quiz. Listen and try to answer.

Three hundred fifty home runs in total.

He is the second Japanese player, after Hideki Matsui.

To focus on healing his left knee.

That's all for today. Shohei Ohtani hit a lead-off home run in the first inning against Arizona, his twenty-second of the season, reaching three hundred fifty career home runs across Japan and the majors. He's only the second Japanese player to do it, after Hideki Matsui, and he's having a great first half at the plate and on the mound. Thanks for listening, and see you tomorrow.