slap, strike, hit, beat, tell, speak

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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

殴る擲る撲るTransitiveGodan verbFreq #1657
1

to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch

Examples
ジョージは彼の腹を殴った
George hit him in the stomach.
打つ撃つ撲つTransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #5282
1

to hit (someone); to strike; to beat

Examples
ぶたれて耳鳴りがした。
My ears were ringing from being beaten.
2

to make (a speech); to give (an address)

3

Dated term

to gamble

相撲もう角力まいNounFreq #18158
1

sumo (wrestling)

Examples
ここでは私は議論を、なぜ相撲の好きな外国人が多いか、に限定したい。
Here, I'll confine this discussion to why many foreigners enjoy sumo.
2

Abbreviation

sumo wrestler; rikishi

打撲ぼくNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #20832
1

blow; hit (on the body); beating

撲滅くめつNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #31708
1

eradication; extermination; destruction; suppression

Examples
科学者たちはエイズを撲滅するために懸命に努力している。
Scientists are working hard to put an end to AIDS.
撲殺くさつNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #33571
1

beat to death

腕相撲でずもうNounFreq #39732
1

arm wrestling

張り倒すりたお撲り倒すTransitiveGodan verbFreq #42911
1

to slap down; to knock down; to floor

大相撲おずもうNounFreq #56304
1

professional sumo wrestling

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