clap, beat (music)

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打つ拍つ搏つ撲つ擣つTransitiveGodan verbFreq #922
1

to hit; to strike; to knock; to beat; to punch; to slap; to tap; to bang; to clap; to pound

Examples
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.
2

to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (a drum, etc.)

Examples
8時をちょうど打ちましたね。
It has just struck eight, hasn't it?
3

to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.)

Examples
雨が窓を打った
The rain whipped against the window.
4

to move; to impress; to touch

Examples
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.
5

to drive in; to hammer in; to put in; to inject; to vaccinate

6

to type; to send; to transmit

Examples
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.
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.)

Examples
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.
12

to pay (a deposit, etc.)

13

to visit (on a pilgrimage)

14

to line (a coat)

15

to bind (a criminal)

16

Shogi

to drop (a piece)

17

Go (game)

to play a move; to play a game

拍手くしゅNounFreq #2552
1

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb

clapping hands; applause

Examples
その公演は万雷の拍手を受けた。
The performance was received with applause.
2

clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)

拍子ょうNounFreq #6385
1

(musical) time; tempo; beat; rhythm

2

Esp. 〜した拍子に

the moment; the instance; chance

拍子抜けょうしぬけNoun~の Adj.Intransitive~する VerbFreq #7240
1

anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest

一拍っぱくNounFreq #12564
1

one clap

2

one beat

3

one mora (taken as a unit of time)

突拍子もない突拍子も無いとっぴょうしもない~い Adj.ExpressionFreq #14488
1

astounding; tremendous; wild; crazy; exorbitant; outrageous; absurd; abnormal; quixotic

Examples
トムと飲みに行くんだったら、突拍子もないホラを吹くだろうから、覚悟した方がいいよ。
If you go drinking with Tom, be prepared to listen to some pretty outlandish cock and bull stories.
心拍数しんぱくすうNounFreq #21310
1

heart rate; pulse rate

拍車をかける拍車を掛けるはくしゃをかけるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #21682
1

Idiomatic expression

to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage

Examples
円高がその会社の経営不振に拍車をかけた
The yen's appreciation accelerated the decline of that company.
拍手を送るはくしゅをおくるExpressionGodan verbFreq #25351
1

to give a round of applause; to applaud

何かの拍子なにかのひょうしExpressionFreq #25726
1

Usu. 〜に or 〜で

for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance

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