Tataku

JLPT N3

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叩く (Tataku) is a Japanese godan verb meaning “to strike, to hit, to beat, to knock”.

Meanings

  1. godan verb, transitive verbto strike; to hit; to beat; to knock; to pound; to bang
  2. godan verb, transitive verbto attack; to bash; to criticize; to censure; to flame (on the Internet)
  3. godan verb, transitive verbto sound out (someone's views)
  4. godan verb, transitive verbto pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
  5. godan verb, transitive verbto beat down the price
  6. godan verb, transitive verbto talk (big, bad, idly, etc.)as ...口を叩く

Examples

  • I heard a knock at the door.

  • Somebody knocked at the door.

  • He hit me on the head.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 叩く

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