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叩たたく

Kana たたく Romaji tataku

JLPT N3 Common word

01

叩く たたく · tataku

JLPT N3 Common word 敲く (rarely used kanji form)

01godan verb · transitive

to strike; to hit; to beat; to knock; to pound; to bang; to slap; to spank; to tap; to pat; to clap (one's hands); to play (the drums)

02godan verb · transitive

to attack; to bash; to criticize; to censure; to flame (on the Internet)

03godan verb · transitive

to sound out (someone's views)

04godan verb · transitive

to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces

05godan verb · transitive

to beat down the price

06godan verb · transitive

to talk (big, bad, idly, etc.)

as ...口を叩く

07godan verb · transitive

computing

to call; to invoke (e.g. a function)

Examples

新聞は一斉にその政治家をたたきはじめた。

The newspapers opened fire on the politician.

Tatoeba #145134

見知らぬ人が玄関のドアをしきりにたたいた。

A stranger beat urgently at the front door.

Tatoeba #175135

戸を叩く音がした。

I heard a knock at the door.

Tatoeba #174536

02

叩く はたく · hataku

01godan verb · transitive

usually kana

to dust; to remove dust

02godan verb · transitive

usually kana

to slap; to hit (with the palm)

03godan verb · transitive

usually kana

to use up money

Examples

ありったけの貯金をはたいてこれを買った。

I spent all the savings I had on this.

Tatoeba #229969

有り金をはたいてその本を買った。

I spent all the money I had to buy the book.

Tatoeba #79268

Source

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