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たたく
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)
1. 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)
2. to attack; to bash; to criticize; to censure; to flame (on the Internet)
3. to sound out (someone's views)
4. to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
5. to beat down the price
6. to talk (big, bad, idly, etc.)
as ...口を叩く
7. to call; to invoke (e.g. a function)
Alt. forms
叩たたく
88%
たたく
10%
敲たたく
Pitch accent
た
た
く
Top 3800
Conjugations...Used in: 2402
Used in vocabulary (25 in total)
to clap
to speak brazenly; to never shut up
to backbite
22 more...
Examples (12 in total)
I'm not going to hit you.
It's not nice to hit people.
Dad, Maria hit me!
Dad, Mary hit me!
A boy was beating the drum.
Someone is tapping at the door.
Tom tapped on the window.
Hold on, someone is knocking at my door.
She banged the table with her fist.
He knocked on the door again and again, but there was no answer.
He accidentally hit his thumb with the hammer.
That teacher sometimes hits his students, but no one complains.