打つ
Meanings
Godan verb
Transitive verb
1. to hit; to strike; to knock; to beat; to punch; to slap; to tap; to bang; to clap; to pound
2. to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (a drum, etc.)
3. to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.)
4. to move; to impress; to touch
5. to drive in; to hammer in; to put in; to inject; to vaccinate
6. to type; to send; to transmit
7. to insert; to write in; to mark
8. to make (noodles, etc.); to prepare
9. to till (soil)
10. to sprinkle; to throw; to cast
11. to do; to carry out; to play; to perform; to engage in (gambling, etc.)
12. to pay (a deposit, etc.)
13. to visit (on a pilgrimage)
14. to line (a coat)
15. to bind (a criminal)
16. to drop (a piece)
17. to play a move; to play a game
Kanji used
Pitch accent
うつ
Used in vocabulary
Examples101
8 時 を ちょうど 打ちました ね。
It has just struck eight, hasn't it?
雨 が 窓 を 打った。
The rain whipped against the window.
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.
今度 の 事務員 の 方 が 前 の 事務員 より タイプ を 打つ の が 速い。
The new secretary types faster than the old one.
スロット を 打っている うち に、 あれよあれよ と 今 の 時間 です。
I was hitting the slots, and before I knew it, it's this time already.
私たち は その 話 を 聞いた とき、 畏敬 の 念 に 打たれて しまった。
We were awed into silence when we heard the story.