打つ
うつ
Also written 拍つ, 搏つ, 撲つ, 擣つ
Meanings
- Godan verb, Transitive to hit; to strike; to knock; to beat; to punch; to slap; to tap; to bang; to clap; to pound
- to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (a drum, etc.)
- to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.)
- to move; to impress; to touch
- to drive in; to hammer in; to put in; to inject; to vaccinate
- to type; to send; to transmit
- to insert; to write in; to mark
- to make (noodles, etc.); to prepare
- to till (soil)
- to sprinkle; to throw; to cast
- to do; to carry out; to play; to perform; to engage in (gambling, etc.)
- to pay (a deposit, etc.)
- to visit (on a pilgrimage)
- to line (a coat)
- to bind (a criminal)
- to drop (a piece)
- to play a move; to play a game
Kanji
- 打 hit. Read as うつ.
Example sentences
- 君はタイプライターを打つことができるか。
Are you able to type? - 教会の塔の時計が9時を打った。
The clock in the church tower struck nine. - 企業収益の悪化はまだ底を打っていない。
The deterioration of corporate earnings has yet to bottom out. - 階段から落ちて背中を強く打ちました。
I fell down the stairs and hit my back very hard. - 我がチームではトムが4番を打つ。
Tom bats cleanup on our team.
Common phrases
- ホームランを打つ
- 終止符を打つ (しゅうしふをうつ) to put an end (to)
- ヒットを打つ
- シュートを打つ
- 打って出る (うってでる) to launch oneself upon
- 打って変わる (うってかわる) to change completely
- ボールを打つ
- 選手が打つ
- 手を打つ (てをうつ) to take (preventive) measures
- 頭を打つ
- ショットを打つ
- 初球を打つ
- 白が打つ
- 黒が打つ
- サーブを打つ
Words containing 打つ
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