叩く (Tataku) is a Japanese godan verb meaning “to strike, to hit, to beat, to knock”.
Meanings
- godan verb, transitive verbto strike; to hit; to beat; to knock; to pound; to bang
- godan verb, transitive verbto attack; to bash; to criticize; to censure; to flame (on the Internet)
- godan verb, transitive verbto sound out (someone's views)
- godan verb, transitive verbto pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
- godan verb, transitive verbto beat down the price
- godan verb, transitive verbto talk (big, bad, idly, etc.)as ...口を叩く
Examples
戸を叩く音がした。
I heard a knock at the door.
誰かが戸をたたいた。
Somebody knocked at the door.
彼は私の頭をたたいた。
He hit me on the head.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).