Meanings
Readings
Common Words
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)
Shogi
to drop (a piece)
Go (game)
to play a move; to play a game
to flap (wings)
to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
Physiology
pulse; pulse rate; pulsation; stroke of pulse
pulsation; pulsebeat
Chinese mythology
divine tree or island east of China; Fusang
Formal or literary term
Japan
Chinese hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis)
Idiomatic expression
a fight between equally great opponents
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